'You're failing!': The federal government is having a reckoning over youth vaping, as senators tear into FDA and DOJ

Vaping teenager. Young pretty white caucasian teenage girl with problem skin smoking an electronic cigarette indoors.

Millions of American youth are hooked on nicotine—and politicians tore into top public health officials during a contentious hearing Wednesday on the meteoric rise of illegal e-cigarettes.

Particularly, the senators blamed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for not enforcing the Tobacco Control Act, which authorizes federal agencies to regulate tobacco products.