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Altria to test market new nicotine product in Virginia | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Altria to test market new nicotine product in Virginia | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Altria to test market new nicotine product in Virginia
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"It was inevitable that products like this would be produced," said Matthew Myers,
president of the Campaign for tobacco-Free Kids. "But it also makes it far more
urgent that FDA close the loophole."
Ban it ... Save the Children
president of the Campaign for tobacco-Free Kids. "But it also makes it far more
urgent that FDA close the loophole."
Ban it ... Save the Children
Matthew Myers, the most hated man in my entire house.
I consider him the President of Those Who Want To Kill Us For Profit.
Campaign for tobacco-Free Kids, created and funded by Big Pharma.
His soul is bought and paid for.
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With Altria's introduction of this new unregulated tobacco/nicotine product, I expect anti tobacco extremist groups to put more pressure on FDA to propose the deeming regulation that would apply Chapter IX of the FSPTCA to all currently unregulated tobacco products.
Received this Altria fact sheet about the VERVE product this morning from one of my contacts.
Available, they say, in early June. I definitely intend on trying a roll out of curiosity, perhaps for those occasional times when I can't vape. As much as anything, I feel motivated to buy them to cheese off the "Anti-tobacco Kids" outfit.
I guess I'm missing something .. this stuff sounds like nic gum .. ??
Verve will be sold in packages of 16 pieces or "discs." The consumer either chews a piece or holds it in his mouth for 10 to 15 minutes and then discards it.
How is this new .. ??
Verve will be sold in packages of 16 pieces or "discs." The consumer either chews a piece or holds it in his mouth for 10 to 15 minutes and then discards it.
How is this new .. ??
My guess is that it will be much less expensive than nicotine gum, especially since it is available in packages containing smaller quantities than the NRT products. Costco sells 200 pieces of Nicorette gum for $63.99.
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After urging Altria to develop and market new smokefree nicotine products, I'm pleased the company has done so.
VERVE is a tobacco product (as defined in the FSPTCA) that is very similar to nicotine gums/lozenges marketed by drug companies for smoking cessation.
VERVE isn't a smokeless tobacco product (as defined in the FSPTCA), and as such, isn't subject to Chapter IX regulations (just like e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, shisha/hookah tobacco, nicotine skin cream, some dissolvables, etc.).
Also similar to e-cigarettes, VERVE isn't subject to federal tobacco taxes, nor to tobacco tax laws in nearly every state.
Although VERVE may prove very effective at helping smokers reduce cigarette consumption and/or quit smoking, Altria's introduction of this new unregulated tobacco product will likely prompt tobacco harm reduction opponents (CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA, Legacy, Sens. Durbin, Lautenberg, Rosenthal, Brown, Merkley, etc.) to further pressure Obama appointed tobacco harm reduction opponents at DHHS and FDA (which falsely claim that all tobacco products are as hazardous as cigarettes) to quickly propose and approve "deeming" regulations that would apply Chapter IX regulations to all currently unregulated tobacco products.
Unless the FDA exempts various sections of Chapter IX, the sale of e-cigarettes and VERVE would be banned, internet sales of e-cigarettes would probably be banned, it would be a federal felony for any e-cigarette company to truthfully claim the e-cigarettes are less hazardous than cigarettes (and may ban truthful claims that e-cigarettes are "smokefree"), and more than 90% of e-cigarette companies would likely disappear.
We need to urge members of Congress (especially Republicans) to prevent the FDA from issuing a "deeming" regulation unless/until the agency first acknowledges that all smokefree tobacco products are far less hazardous than cigarettes. As long as the FDA falsely insists that all smokefree tobacco products are just as hazardous as cigarettes http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/R.../ucm255658.htm, the agency cannot be trusted to develop tobacco product regulations that protect consumer and public health.
Some news about VERVE
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products?
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products? - The Week
Altria tests smokeless product that contains no tobacco
http://www2.journalnow.com/business...sts-smokeless-product-that-contai-ar-2304913/
Mike Siegel on Altria's new nicotine product
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com:80/2012/05/nu-mark-test-marketing-new-nicotine.html
Anti-tobacco group funded by nicotine gum/lozenge makers (CTFK) denounces Altria's very similar new chewable nicotine lozenge, urges FDA to issue "deeming" regulation that would ban it and other far less hazardous smokefree alternatives to cigarettes.
Altria's New Nicotine Lozenge Shows Need for FDA to Regulate All Tobacco Products... -- WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
VERVE is a tobacco product (as defined in the FSPTCA) that is very similar to nicotine gums/lozenges marketed by drug companies for smoking cessation.
VERVE isn't a smokeless tobacco product (as defined in the FSPTCA), and as such, isn't subject to Chapter IX regulations (just like e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, shisha/hookah tobacco, nicotine skin cream, some dissolvables, etc.).
Also similar to e-cigarettes, VERVE isn't subject to federal tobacco taxes, nor to tobacco tax laws in nearly every state.
Although VERVE may prove very effective at helping smokers reduce cigarette consumption and/or quit smoking, Altria's introduction of this new unregulated tobacco product will likely prompt tobacco harm reduction opponents (CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA, Legacy, Sens. Durbin, Lautenberg, Rosenthal, Brown, Merkley, etc.) to further pressure Obama appointed tobacco harm reduction opponents at DHHS and FDA (which falsely claim that all tobacco products are as hazardous as cigarettes) to quickly propose and approve "deeming" regulations that would apply Chapter IX regulations to all currently unregulated tobacco products.
Unless the FDA exempts various sections of Chapter IX, the sale of e-cigarettes and VERVE would be banned, internet sales of e-cigarettes would probably be banned, it would be a federal felony for any e-cigarette company to truthfully claim the e-cigarettes are less hazardous than cigarettes (and may ban truthful claims that e-cigarettes are "smokefree"), and more than 90% of e-cigarette companies would likely disappear.
We need to urge members of Congress (especially Republicans) to prevent the FDA from issuing a "deeming" regulation unless/until the agency first acknowledges that all smokefree tobacco products are far less hazardous than cigarettes. As long as the FDA falsely insists that all smokefree tobacco products are just as hazardous as cigarettes http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/R.../ucm255658.htm, the agency cannot be trusted to develop tobacco product regulations that protect consumer and public health.
Some news about VERVE
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products?
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products? - The Week
Altria tests smokeless product that contains no tobacco
http://www2.journalnow.com/business...sts-smokeless-product-that-contai-ar-2304913/
Mike Siegel on Altria's new nicotine product
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com:80/2012/05/nu-mark-test-marketing-new-nicotine.html
Anti-tobacco group funded by nicotine gum/lozenge makers (CTFK) denounces Altria's very similar new chewable nicotine lozenge, urges FDA to issue "deeming" regulation that would ban it and other far less hazardous smokefree alternatives to cigarettes.
Altria's New Nicotine Lozenge Shows Need for FDA to Regulate All Tobacco Products... -- WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
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If there was a place for comments I would rip him a new one.
Is it just me or are the big pharma backed groups running scared. They may be in danger of losing there funding if to many of us get off the merry-go-round.
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I tend to agree. They should be running scared. Many members of the public no longer take everything they say at face value. TRANSLATION: We've stopped believing their lies. How can we tell when they are lying? Their lips are moving.
Says it all, but there should be more piglets with all the alphabet soup organizations on them.
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