The FDA Proposes Rules To Ban Menthol In Cigarettes, And More!

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According to the FDA news release:

"Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in  cigars. These actions have the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from combusted tobacco product use, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., by reducing youth experimentation and addiction, and increasing the number of smokers that quit." 

Read the full FDA news release: FDA Proposes Rules Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars to Prevent Youth Initiation, Significantly Reduce Tobacco-Related Disease and Death - FDA.gov

The FDA’s Cigarette Health Warning Rule Is Postponed to April 2023

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U.S. Graphic Health Warnings Postponed Again

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Source: FDA.gov

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has postponed the effective date of its “Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements” final rule to April 9, 2023, following a Feb. 10, 2022, ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The move marks at least the fifth delay for graphic warning health warnings in the United States when counting previously set launch dates of June 18, 2021, Oct. 16, 2021, Jan. 14, 2022, April 14, 2022, and July 13, 2022."

Read the full source article:  U.S. Graphic Health Warnings Postponed Again - Tobacco Reporter

Learn more at: Cigarette Labeling and Health Warning Requirements - FDA.gov

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Retail Sales of Tobacco Products - FDA.gov

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Read the full article:  Retail Sales of Tobacco Products - FDA.gov

"Note:
On December 20, 2019, the President signed legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raise the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. It is now illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product – including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes – to anyone under 21. FDA will provide additional details on this issue as they become available."

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Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC

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Read the full article:  Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC:

"Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month’s Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. It causes more than lung cancer — based on current evidence, it can cause cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, liver, bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, and a type of leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia)."

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Protecting the Public and Especially Kids from the Dangers of Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes, Cigars and Hookah Tobacco | FDA Voice

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Read the full blog post: Protecting the Public and Especially Kids from the Dangers of Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes, Cigars and Hookah Tobacco | FDA Voice:

. . . "federal law now prohibits retailers from selling e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco or cigars to people under age 18"

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FDA - Extending Authorities to All Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookah

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Read more about this: Rules, Regulations & Guidance > Extending Authorities to All Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookah - FDA.gov:

"Previously, the FDA regulated cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco, but in 2016, the FDA finalized a rule – Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act – which extends the FDA’s authority to include the regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems (such as e-cigarettes and vape pens), all cigars, hookah (waterpipe) tobacco, pipe tobacco and nicotine gels, among others.

This action is a milestone in consumer protection . . ."

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Great American Smokeout - Thurs Nov 20 | American Cancer Society

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"The American Cancer Society marks the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November each year by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. By quitting — even for one day — smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life – one that can lead to reducing cancer risk."

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FDA Seeks to Regulate e-Cigs, All Other Tobacco Products - Medscape

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FDA Seeks to Regulate e-Cigs, All Other Tobacco Products - Medscape:

"The FDA initially announced its intention to assert jurisdiction over unregulated tobacco products back in 2010. In April 2011, the FDA announced its plans to include e-cigarettes among these products.

The new proposal would extend the FDA's basic authority to all other tobacco products beyond what it already regulates on the basis of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Currently, unregulated tobacco products include not only e-cigarettes but large and small cigars, as well as hookah and pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and other tobacco products."

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FDA's New Tobacco Scheme, and its Legislative Underpinnings, May Go Up in Smoke - Forbes:

"Several years ago, the federal government entered into a Faustian bargain with the tobacco industry — and the cigarette makers with the government. It was legislation borne of mutual antipathy.

Under the scheme, Washington brought the tobacco industry under the thumb of federal regulation. FDA now oversees everything from the way cigarettes are marketed, to the manner in which they are made. In exchange, the tobacco industry was promised a regulatory track out of their current (declining) business model.

FDA was to create a path to enable cigarette makers to transition away from smoked tobacco and win government approval of consumable products that used tobacco but presumably harbored less, and perhaps even none of the health risks posed by smoking. "

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FDA Mandates Shocking Cigarette Smoking Images (video)

Beginning September 2012, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States, FDA Cigarette Health Warnings.

They're very much in your face, and on some gut level, pretty shocking, as this video shows:





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FDA Quit Smoking Resources and the Great American Smokeout

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Celebrate the Great American Smokeout by checking out FDA Resources for quitting tobacco use, and more.

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Shocking FDA Images For Cigarette Packages

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Wow! These are high impact and jarring images. You have to check out what the FDA is proposing as new required warnings, consisting of nine new textual warning statements accompanied by color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking, Proposed FDA Graphic Health Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements.

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World No Tobacco Day is May 31st

If you're a smoker, consider trying to stop smoking on World No Tobacco Day.

On the 31st of May each year, WHO celebrates World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce consumption. Tobacco use is the second cause of death globally (after hypertension) and is currently responsible for killing one in 10 adults worldwide.

The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2010 is "Gender and Tobacco" with an emphasis on marketing to women. The campaign focuses on the damaging effects of tobacco marketing towards women and girls.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments and the public:

1. to demand a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
2. to support implementation and strong enforcement of legislation to provide 100% protection from tobacco smoke in all public and work places, and
3. to take global action to advocate for women's freedom from tobacco.

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Tobacco Products - Big Pharma Takes On Big Tobacco

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This is an interesting battle that's emerging, according to Timothy Carney in his article, Big Pharma rumbles with Big Tobacco on products.

The viewpoint provides a good grounding of the tobacco product landscape, and the emerging industry heavyweights positioning to do battle for government influence and ultimately consumer dollars.

Who's going to win?

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FDA Restricts Cigarette and Tobacco Sales and Distribution

I don't smoke, so I'm happy to see this action coming from the FDA, FDA Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco. The new rule becomes effective June 22, 2010, and has the force and effect of law.

Here are the highlights:

New Requirements Relating to Sale and Distribution

• Prohibits the sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to people younger than 18.
• Prohibits the sale of cigarette packages with fewer than 20 cigarettes.
• Prohibits the sale of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in vending machines, self-service displays, or other impersonal modes of sales, except in very limited situations.
• Prohibits free samples of cigarettes and limits distribution of smokeless tobacco products.

New Requirements Relating to Marketing (Labeling, Advertising, and Promotion)

• Prohibits tobacco brand name sponsorship of any athletic, musical, or other social or cultural event, or any team or entry in those events.
• Prohibits gifts or other items in exchange for buying cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products.
• Requires that audio ads use only words with no music or sound effects.
• Prohibits the sale or distribution of items, such as hats and tee shirts, with tobacco brands or logos.

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Electronic Cigarettes - Update - Ruling Stops FDA From Blocking Importation

A federal judge says the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) overstepped its authority in efforts to regulate electronic cigarettes, reports this Washington Post article, FDA can't block importing of 'electronic cigarettes'.

The FDA's position:
FDA says they've found cancer-causing ingredients in the products, despite manufacturers’ claims that they are safer than tobacco cigarettes.

The judge's position:
Electronic cigarettes are “the functional equivalent of traditional cigarettes."

Bottomline:
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon determined that electronic cigarettes are tobacco products and are not subject to restrictions.

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Tobacco Will Kill Millions Next Year

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This is a really sobering statistic, as reported in this MSNBC news article, Tobacco to kill 6 million next year, report says - 1 in 10 deaths globally is due to tobacco use, American Cancer Society says. The news article highlights key findings. I was particularly drawn to the interactive report found on the web, The Tobacco Atlas. Previous Posts:

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FDA Launches New Tobacco Products Center

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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has launched its new FDA Center for Tobacco Products. The Center will oversee the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act signed by President Obama in June 2009. The FDA's responsibilities under the law include setting performance standards, reviewing premarket applications for new and modified risk tobacco products and establishing and enforcing advertising and promotion restrictions.

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FDA Wants Your Input On Tobacco Regulation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is seeking public input on the implementation of its historic new authority overseeing tobacco products in the United States. If you feel strongly about tobacco as I do, I hope you'll submit some feedback to the FDA.

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NPR On FDA Tobacco Oversight (audio)

This audio news story, Talking Tobacco Companies Into FDA Oversight, fresh from NPR:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have regulatory authority over the $89 billion tobacco industry as soon as President Obama puts his signature to a bill passed by Congress. The change took decades to happen — the industry fought hard to keep the FDA out — but finally succumbed to changing social norms and the guidance from one in its own ranks. Guest host Alison Stewart speaks with Steve Parrish, a former Altria executive and who pushed the company to support FDA regulation of the tobacco industry, and Dr. David Kessler, who was head of the FDA in the mid-1990s.

As a non-smoker, I'm thrilled to see this new day of FDA oversight. As a country we should be paying more attention to improving population health. 

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