Are Safer Cigarettes a Corporate Ploy, and FDA Mistake?

[Krakkan]

Are Safer Cigarettes a Corporate Ploy, and FDA Mistake? | BU Today

The presence of e-cigarettes essentially nullifies the entire FDA search for a safer cigarette. Since we now have a nontobacco product available that is acceptable to smokers as a substitute, it makes any reduced risk tobacco product inappropriate. If you know you have a product that doesn’t deliver tobacco, just nicotine, why would the federal government tell the public to use a product that does contain tobacco? Isn’t there a contradiction here if the FDA bans electronic cigarettes, but sanctions tobacco cigarettes?

 

[rothenbj]

BU Today: This new legislation gives the FDA authority to regulate cigarettes, a step advocates say will make them safer. What’s your view?
Siegel: The issue we need to think about is whether or not there is even such a thing as a safer cigarette. The mandate the FDA has been given is to develop one. Is that even possible? What would a safer cigarette look like? How is the FDA supposed to develop one? There’s no guidance in the law, except to say that they can lower the level of certain constituents, such as nicotine and other chemicals. But even if it’s possible to create a cigarette that somehow lowers the risk, would it be beneficial to public health?

Every time I read this statement, I get driven mad. After the light and ultra light cigarettes came out and they were supposed to be safer, the tobacco nazis informed us that the lower levels of nicotine caused the smoker to smoke more and drag deeper on their cigarettes making them more dangerous.

Now the FDA is going to take control and reduce the nicotine levels in cigarettes even more. Is there any sense to that? Trying to kill the smokers faster I suppose.

 

[ckc]

Would be interesting to attend this.Is anyone from here going? Dr Siegal and someone from the American Legacy in the same room. He's definately hit the nail on the head with that statement.

 

[bensteffen23]

The only way to make "cigarettes" safer is to create an electronic version that doesn't burn anything.

Oh wait they are actually trying to ban that

 

[Krakkan]

The only way to make "cigarettes" safer is to create an electronic version that doesn't burn anything.

Oh wait they are actually trying to ban that

U hit the nail on the head there