Food and Drug Administration defends refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes before the Supreme Court

Supreme Court heard FDA appeal in Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments , LLC on Monday .

Case concerns FDA 's requirement for scientific studies to approve premarket tobacco applications for flavored electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) manufacturers and distributors.

Frida Ghitis: Concerns about rampant teen nicotine use are common, but exaggerated.

She says FDA should celebrate decline in cigarette and e-cigarette use among young people and let adults enjoy these embarrassingly flavored stimulants.