The Trump administration is taking steps to ban flavored e-cigarettes in the U.S. amid a surge of mysterious lung illnesses tied to vaping.

The Food and Drug Administration is finalizing rules to bar the sale of non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products as part of its efforts to curb what officials have called an "epidemic" of youth vaping, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters Wednesday after a meeting with President Donald Trump and acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Ned Sharpless.

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