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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline Urges FDA to Take Dissolvable Tobacco Products Off the Market; Rest of the Story Calls on Four TPSAC Panel Members to Resign

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According to an article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal , the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline urged the FDA to remove dissolv...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Members of TPSAC Acknowledge There is No Science Base to Support Redution of Nicotine as Measure to Have Profound Effect on Tobacco-Related Disease

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Three members of the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC), in an article published in the current issue of Tobacco Co...

New Study Concludes that Massachusetts Statewide Smoking Ban Caused 7% Decline in Heart Atttack Mortality Rate

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A new study , published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Public Health , concludes that the Massachusetts statewide smoking ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

D.C. Court of Appeals Has Made It Clear that Drug Definition Under FDCA Relies Upon Primary Intended Use of a Product

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I have argued that except in extreme cases where electronic cigarettes are marketed with the primary intent of relieving or treating symptom...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

IN MY VIEW: Primary Intended Use of Electronic Cigarettes in Their Marketing Must be the Basis for Determining if They Can Be Regulated Under FDCA

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Previously, I have argued that electronic cigarettes cannot be regulated by the FDA under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) simply bec...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Oregon Study Suggests that Tobacco Tax Initiatives and Anti-Smoking Programs May Be Harming, Not Helping Lower-Income Populations

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Although Oregon enacted a substantial cigarette tax increase in 1996, a new report shows that there has been no decrease in smoking prevale...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg Proposes Complete Outdoor Smoking Ban for All New York City Parks and Public Plazas

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that he will seek approval for an ordinance that would ban outdoors smoking in al...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

FDA Letter to ECA Appears to Assert Jurisdiction Over All E-Cigs Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Legal Basis is Questionable

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In a letter sent to the Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA) on September 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be exertin...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

FDA's Actions on Electronic Cigarettes Show Absurdity of Entire Tobacco Regulatory Scheme: Asking FDA to Regulate Cigarettes Was a Huge Mistake

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used to be responsible for assuring that the food and drugs consumed by Americans are safe. Now, it i...
Monday, September 13, 2010

IN MY VIEW: FDA's Grounds for Jurisdiction Over Electronic Cigarettes are Inappropriate and Being Inconsistently Applied

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Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asserted jurisdiction over electronic cigarettes under the United States Food, Drug and Co...
Friday, September 10, 2010

Center for Regulatory Effectiveness Charges that TPSAC Tobacco Product Constituents Subcommittee Violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act

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In an August 29 memorandum , the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) charges that the Tobacco Product Constituents Subcommittee of the...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Anti-Smoking Group Lying to Public in Attempt to Get Smoking Out of Movies

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Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails, an anti-smoking group which runs the SceneSmoking.org web site - which aims to get smokin...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

On Enstrom Firing, FIRE Asks UCLA: How Can It Be that Environmental Health Research Falls Outside the Mission of the Environmental Health Department?

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In a September 2 press release , the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has questioned the academic freedom and scientific...
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Michael Siegel
Dr. Siegel is a visiting professor and researcher in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Tufts University. Dr. Siegel has 32 years of experience in the field of tobacco control. He previously spent two years working at the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC, where he conducted research on secondhand smoke and cigarette advertising. He has published nearly 70 papers related to tobacco. He testified in the landmark Engle lawsuit against the tobacco companies, which resulted in an unprecedented $145 billion verdict against the industry. He teaches health communication theory and social mareketing in the Masters of Public Health program.
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