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FDA tobacco chief says health community grappling with idea that some products are less risky

Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco control efforts told an industry
AP - Associated Press
added May 16, 2013 14:23
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Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice; Establishment of a Public Docket

Submit electronic or written comments on the tobacco companies' recommendations by May 20, 2013.
Regulations.gov
added May 15, 2013 17:36
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PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS PETITION THE FDA TO ACT ON MENTHOL

With the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, Congress took an important step to prevent youth smoking by banning flavored cigarettes. Because tobacco manufacturers use flavors, herbs and spices to mask the harshness of tobacco and
Public Health Law Center (William Mitchell College of Law)
added May 15, 2013 17:34
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Beyond Cigarettes: Federal Regulation of Other Tobacco Products

Date: Tue, 05/21/2013 ... This webinar will discuss the potential for FDA regulation and what public health professionals and advocates can do to press the FDA to exercise its authority over all tobacco products to protect public health.
Public Health Law Center (William Mitchell College of Law)
added May 15, 2013 17:33
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Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, et al - Citizen Petition

Regulations.gov
added May 15, 2013 17:32
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FDA Approves Once-Daily COPD Drug

The FDA has given the green light to the novel, inhaled drug Breo Ellipta to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), making it the first once-daily, maintenance product for the condition. The drug, a fluticasone furoate/vilanterol combinatio
MedPage Today
added May 10, 2013 15:30
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ZELLER: Reflections on the ‘endgame’ for tobacco control

Any evaluation of endgame strategies must start from the premise that there is a continuum of risk associated with nicotine-delivering products. Strategies should be pursued that encourage the use of the cleanest and safest form of nicotine delivery. P
Tobacco Control
added May 8, 2013 23:51
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[UK, USA] Lancet antitobacco series launches as ACC chides FDA inaction

A special series of papers in the Lancet this week reviews the successes, failures, and ongoing challenges in beating back the "global tobacco epidemic," including a report from FDA scientists touting the impact of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act in the US.
theheart.org (ca)
added May 7, 2013 14:05
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Understanding the Tobacco Control Act: efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration to make tobacco-related morbidity and mortality part of the USA's past, not its future

With passing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) in June, 2009, important new regulatory approaches were added to the tobacco prevention and control arsenal. This is the first in a Series of three papers about t
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:23
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[UK, USA] Saving lives with the US Tobacco Control Act

More than 175 countries are already Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but the USA is not yet counted among them. As Husten and Deyton rightly underline, the FDA's regulatory authorities will be most effective at reducing tobacco-caus
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:20
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