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Budgets/TaxesTobacco
Dear Senator Warren, the Revolving Door With Gottlieb Didn’t Start at Pfizer
by Lindsey Stroud August 13, 2019Warren barely scratched the surface on the audacity of unelected and unaccountable executive agency officials who blatantly abuse their positions of power for their own gain.
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The agency unveiled a two-pronged approach to reduce smoking.
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FeaturedHealth CareTobacco
E-Cig Policy Is A Much-Needed Step In The Right Direction
by Jesse Hathaway March 23, 2018ACS’s new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change.
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FeaturedRegulationTobacco
FDA Creates Cigarette Confusion – Calls for Science to Back up Policy
by Jeff Stier March 17, 2018The FDA recently announced a plan to move forward to develop a regulation that would mandate a reduction in nicotine in combustible cigarettes to a very low level. The FDA justified the move by stating that such a mandate could help current smokers quit, and prevent experimental users from becoming regular smokers.
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Budgets/TaxesRegulationTobacco
Nicotine, Smokeless Tobacco & Tourette Syndrome
by Brad Rodu February 23, 2017A man with Tourette Syndrome, a nerve disorder developing in childhood and involving muscle tics (repetitive involuntary movement) and voice problems (here), recently posted online his experience with smokeless tobacco. …
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Budgets/TaxesTobacco
Sacramento Bee Errs Twice with Fake News on E-Cigarettes
by Brad Rodu December 28, 2016The Sacramento Bee on January 21 published a column written by a hearing aids company executive. Titled “E-cigarettes may also cause hearing loss” (here), the piece asserted that “damage to…
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Health Care
American Docs Need to Learn From Royal College of Physicians
by Jeff Stier June 15, 2016England’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) recommended on April 28th that doctors “promote the use of e-cigarettes, NRT and other non-tobacco nicotine products as widely as possible as a substitute for smoking in the UK.”