WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Removing menthol from cigarettes would improve public health, according to a report from the FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
tobacco productsFDA: Agency must review tobacco productsHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:09
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it must review tobacco products that were introduced or changed after February 2007 in order for companies to keep selling them.... Light Tobacco Products Pose Heavy Health RisksHealth News From Pueblo Fri, 10/08/2010 - 11:57
A federal law is restricting the words light, low, and mild from tobacco products now on the market, as health officials launch a campaign to inform smokers that there’s no such thing as a safe cigarette. FDA Expands Ban on Tobacco Sales, Ads for KidsWebMD Health Thu, 03/18/2010 - 18:06
The FDA now forbids sale of tobacco products to youths under age 18; tobacco company sponsorship of athletic, musical, or social events; free samples of smokeless tobacco; and more. FDA Launches New Center for Tobacco ProductsHealth News From Pueblo Wed, 08/26/2009 - 12:00
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched its new Center for Tobacco Products in an historic effort to curb the hundreds of thousands of deaths caused by those products each year. Senate Approves Bill to Allow FDA Regulation of Tobaccowashingtonpost.com - Health Thu, 06/11/2009 - 22:00
Landmark legislation approved by the Senate yesterday will give the federal government sweeping new powers to oversee tobacco products, allowing regulators to control factors including the amount of addictive nicotine in a cigarette and how that cigarette is packaged and marketed. Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius On the Senate’s P...HHS News and Events Thu, 06/11/2009 - 15:30
Today’s vote was a victory in the fight to protect public health, and reduce the death and suffering tobacco products cause every year. |
