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1margd
For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren't so addictive. Authrority to regulate nicotine content of cigarettes (2009) plus availability of e-cigs etc. makes it possible. I think it will be important for public to show their support in review process and to reps. Already tobacco stock prices have dropped, so companies like Altria have no doubt activated their lobbyists at the highest level. (They will also redouble efforts to supply the developing world with full-strength tobacco, I bet.)
Protecting American Families: Comprehensive Approach to Nicotine and Tobacco
Remarks by Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration
July 28, 2017
White Oak, MD
...today I’m directing our Center for Tobacco Products to develop a comprehensive nicotine regulatory plan premised on the need to confront and alter cigarette addiction. I’ve followed the compelling discussion—both the public discourse and within the Agency—of FDA’s potential to render cigarettes minimally addictive or non-addictive by regulating their nicotine levels. I’ve seen the science in this area and believe it holds much promise. We intend to take a hard look at the existing published literature on this important topic and hear from stakeholders, which could provide the basis for regulatory action. To begin this process, we will develop an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to identify the issues FDA would need to address to use our clear authority under the product standard provisions in the Tobacco Control Act to regulate nicotine in combustible cigarettes and render them minimally or non-addictive...
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm569024.htm
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From "Nominees" thread:
Here’s What We Know About Trump’s FDA Head Nominee
Early tests for Scott Gottlieb, who was named to the post on Friday, will include a pair of bills immediately slated for congressional review
...Scott Gottlieb, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FDA commissioner, has strong conservative credentials and a close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. But there is no sign that Gottlieb, a doctor, former deputy commissioner at the agency and a partner at a large venture capital fund, truly hopes to return the FDA to the norms of half a century ago—an approach floated by Jim O’Neill, who had earlier been seen as Trump’s other top candidate for the position...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-we-know-about-trumps-fda-h...
Protecting American Families: Comprehensive Approach to Nicotine and Tobacco
Remarks by Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration
July 28, 2017
White Oak, MD
...today I’m directing our Center for Tobacco Products to develop a comprehensive nicotine regulatory plan premised on the need to confront and alter cigarette addiction. I’ve followed the compelling discussion—both the public discourse and within the Agency—of FDA’s potential to render cigarettes minimally addictive or non-addictive by regulating their nicotine levels. I’ve seen the science in this area and believe it holds much promise. We intend to take a hard look at the existing published literature on this important topic and hear from stakeholders, which could provide the basis for regulatory action. To begin this process, we will develop an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to identify the issues FDA would need to address to use our clear authority under the product standard provisions in the Tobacco Control Act to regulate nicotine in combustible cigarettes and render them minimally or non-addictive...
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm569024.htm
ETA_______________________________
From "Nominees" thread:
Here’s What We Know About Trump’s FDA Head Nominee
Early tests for Scott Gottlieb, who was named to the post on Friday, will include a pair of bills immediately slated for congressional review
...Scott Gottlieb, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FDA commissioner, has strong conservative credentials and a close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. But there is no sign that Gottlieb, a doctor, former deputy commissioner at the agency and a partner at a large venture capital fund, truly hopes to return the FDA to the norms of half a century ago—an approach floated by Jim O’Neill, who had earlier been seen as Trump’s other top candidate for the position...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-we-know-about-trumps-fda-h...
2DugsBooks
Probably after a study that showed smokers would buy more cigs after the dope content was reduced. 😧
3margd
There are a number of angles to the story, that's for sure--and opportunities for the industry could turn a good initiative into one that's good for THEM... (Fine, if public & public health are ultimate winners.)
Trump’s FDA Commissioner Transforms the Government’s Policy on E-Cigarettes
Brian Fojtik | August 14, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450444/food-drug-administration-commission...
Trump’s FDA Commissioner Transforms the Government’s Policy on E-Cigarettes
Brian Fojtik | August 14, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450444/food-drug-administration-commission...
