FDA "Health" Groups Urge Price & Gottlieb to Move Forward with Deeming Regs

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The following groups signed a letter to the Sec. of Health & Human Services, copied to the director of the FDA. It demanded an on-schedule implementation and vigorous defense in court of the Deeming Regulations.




Action on Smoking & Health
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for Dental Research
American Association for Respiratory Care
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American College of Cardiology
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American College of Physicians
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Dental Association
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
American Medical Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Thoracic Society
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses
Big Cities Health Coalition
Campaign for tobacco-Free Kids ClearWay Minnesota
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Eta Sigma Gamma - National Health Education Honorary
March of Dimes
National African American tobacco Prevention Network
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Center for Health Research
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Network of Public Health Institutes National Physicians Alliance
Oncology Nursing Society
Prevention Institute
Prevention Partners
Public Health Solutions
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Society for Public Health Education
Students Against Destructive Decisions
The Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education
tobacco Control Legal Consortium
Trust for America's Health
Truth Initiative
United Methodist Church- General Board of Church and Society




http://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Advocacy/Files/170517_fda_tobacco_deeming_coalition.pdf?la=en

 

[Rossum]

Ugh.

 

[zoiDman]

This is what I would call Highly Organized Opposition.

 

[petrotech]

that Methodist church one kinda threw me for a loop...i wonder what kind of interest they have in this...

ETA: I didn't read the article. work and stuff.

 

[ENAUD]

This is what I would call Highly Organized Opposition.

Begs the question...who organized it.

 

[CagedSpam]

5 of the 11 paragraphs in the letter are going back to "for the kids" argument.

 

[puffon]

...and many on that list would lose money/funding if everyone quit smoking...

 

[zoiDman]

Begs the question...who organized it.

The Usual Suspect would be BT. And it fits under a Tin Foil Hat well.

 

[ENAUD]

The Usual Suspect would be BT. And it fits under a Tin Foil Hat well.

I was thinking along the lines of who funds a lot of these groups? Seems like an alignment along Pharma ties?

 

[Lessifer]

5 of the 11 paragraphs in the letter are going back to "for the kids" argument.

Makes me wonder if "we" still believe it's a good idea to capitulate to that argument, as opposed to exposing it for the fallacy that it is.

 

[Lessifer]

I was thinking along the lines of who funds a lot of these groups? Seems like an alignment along Pharma ties?

My tin foil senses are pointing to Public Health, you know, the ones who are directly funded by tobacco tax revenue.

 

[Kent C]

that Methodist church one kinda threw me for a loop...i wonder what kind of interest they have in this...

Some hints:
United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

General Board of Church and Society - Wikipedia
General Board of Church and Society - Wikipedia

 

[pianoguy]

Truth Initiative - apparently their name is misleading.

 

[motordude]

I'm really starting to hate the children

 

[zoiDman]

I was thinking along the lines of who funds a lot of these groups? Seems like an alignment along Pharma ties?

Kinda a Mixed Bag I's say.

Some have Private Funding.
Some get some Government Funding.
Some get Funding from Membership.
Some Funding Isn't Easily Traced.
And some get a Mixture of the any/all of the Above.

 

[DC2]

I'm really starting to hate the children

That's why I don't have any.
Children impair the thinking processes of those who have them.

Dogs are a far better option.

 

[Lessifer]

That's why I don't have any.
Children impair the thinking process of those who have them.

Hey now, not always.

I'm still capable of understanding that if a product is not harmful or addictive to an adult, it's also not harmful or addictive to a child, even after decades of brainwashing and word association.

 

[classwife]

Too many people are at risk of having their paychecks/funds cut off by people not smoking cigarettes and getting healthier.

Public health my .
They don't give a rat's about public health - if they did they would be handing e-cigarettes out like they do with condoms and such.
Stupidity abounds.

 

[classwife]

And - there is just way too much of the "I support soandso" so I will go along with what they say...brainless followers.

 

[DC2]

Hey now, not always.

I'm still capable of understanding that if a product is not harmful or addictive to an adult, it's also not harmful or addictive to a child, even after decades of brainwashing and word association.

That's because you are intelligent.
Most people are not.

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