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The Association seeks a ban on smoking on the campuses of federal buildings and wants to study the role of electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation.
Jump to full article: American Medical News, 2009-06-29
Author: Victoria Stagg Elliott, AMNews staff.
Intro: Chicago
The American Medical Association reaffirmed its commitment to tobacco control at its Annual Meeting in the wake of recently passed legislation supporting the organization's long-held position that the Food and Drug Administration should regulate cigarettes and other nicotine products.
But the organization is also calling for several other steps that would make a further dent in smoking rates.
The House of Delegates approved a resolution calling for the stoppage of the sale and marketing of tobacco products in pharmacies. It also agreed to work with government agencies and pharmacy trade groups to remove tobacco from the shelves and push for relevant legislation toward this end. Delegates said it didn't make sense for businesses to both sell products to improve health and ones that damage it.
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