FDA Chief Congress

FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, a woman using a vaping device exhales a puff of smoke in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Senate lawmakers are advancing the nomination of President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration. The Senate health committee on Tuesday voted 18-5 to back Dr. Stephen Hahn, a cancer specialist and hospital executive. But several Democrats voted against his nomination, worrying he would not be tough enough on tackling the problem of underage vaping. The full Senate will vote on whether to confirm Hahn to the post. In September, Trump pledged to ban most vaping flavors to combat underage e-cigarette use. But the administration has backed away from that plan. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)