Trump plans to block electronic cigarettes with flavors different from those of tobacco

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that his government would ban some electronic cigarettes of different flavors, as a result of the controversy in the country on its relationship with the death of some smokers.

"E-cigarettes have become a new problem to solve, especially among children," Trump told reporters.

Health Minister Alex Azar said a plan was being finalized to prevent the circulation of all types of electronic cigarettes of different flavors in the US market.

33 US states recorded 6 deaths and 450 lung morbidities, all related to electronic cigarettes of flavors different from those of tobacco.

According to the records, the majority of registered cases are under 19 years of age.

Michigan was the first state to ban these types of cigarettes this month.

Azar announced Wednesday after meeting with Trump at the White House that the US Department of Health's Food and Drug Administration would take a few weeks to announce new instructions on e-cigarettes.

He added that the ministry would take stricter action if it became apparent that children were deliberately exposed to attempts to attract electronic smoking.

The first lady, Melania Trump, tweeted on her Twitter account stating, "I am deeply concerned about the e-cigarette epidemic in our children".

Melania attended the meeting of her husband and health minister Wednesday at the White House.

After the meeting, Trump told reporters that his administration would take strong measures to protect "innocent children," including his 13-year-old son Baron.

"We can not leave our citizens exposed to this disease and we can not see our young people vulnerable to these effects."

"The first lady is interested in this case because she has a son, a handsome man and a young man and she is very concerned about this issue," he said.

"I saw it – the new law – and we read it together, as many have read, but people are dying of electronic smoking, so we have to be careful."

Trump said he hoped the new law would make parents more strict with their children when they smoked electronic cigarettes.

Electronic cigarette manufacturers of different flavors, such as Gal, have been accused of deliberately luring children into caffeine by creating addictive flavors such as cinnamon, mango and cream.

The company, which holds the lion's share of the e-cigarette market, stopped selling its products last year to ease the growing anger of the community.