CASAA: First Call to Prepare For FDA Proposed Regulations

[muldrick]

The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association​ July 17, 2014 Our mission is to ensure the availability of effective, affordable and reduced harm alternatives to smoking by increasing public awareness and education; to encourage the testing and development of products to achieve acceptable safety standards and reasonable regulation; and to promote the benefits of reduced harm alternatives. Donate Donate CASAA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. Contributions or gifts to CASAA are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join Us On: Facebook (Official Page) Facebook (Member Discussion Group) Twitter (@CASAAmedia) Google+ CASAA News Blog ANtiTHRlies Blog Get Involved Become A Member Become A Regional Representative Register for Member Meetings Calls To Action Local Alerts Add Your Testimonial Dear Richard, ​ ​ ​ URGENT!​ ​ First Call to Prepare​ ​ For FDA Proposed Regulations​ ​ On Thursday, May 8th, CASAA released the Overview of its Action Plan Regarding Proposed FDA Regulations.​ ​ As noted in CASAA's Action plan, this is not a battle that is going to be won based solely on comments to the proposed regulations. Accordingly, we are attacking this on several different fronts. Before the draft regulations were published, we had envisioned a single Call to Action with several suggested actions. However, upon seeing the details, we decided the best strategy to effect positive change is to prepare a comprehensive Action Plan which consists of several Calls to Action issued at staggered dates to maximize effectiveness, and extending beyond comments to the FDA docket. On May 11, 2014, CASAA released the first of several Calls to Action anticipated in CASAA's Action Plan. On May 21st, 2014, CASAA released the secondCall to Action. On June 13, 2014, CASAA released the third Call to Action. Today, we issued the first Call to Prepare in CASAA's Action Plan. ​ ​ ​ ​ The first Call to Prepare is your opportunity to begin laying the groundwork for your formal, substantive comment to the FDA. Consistent with our earlier instructions, we are asking consumers to continue to wait to file substantive comments for a few more days, but now is the time to prepare part of your comments in earnest. We are asking consumers to write up a few paragraphs on each of the three main points detailed in the first Call to Prepare so it is ready to assemble into your final comments We anticipate issuing the Second Call to Prepare early next week, which will provide guidance on further refining draft comments. The Fourth Call to Action (requesting consumers assemble their prepared thoughts and submit the comment to FDA) is expected to be issued towards the end of next week. Please see the FIRST CALL TO PREPARE for details. Forward, repost, and share . . . and explain to others why this is so important. ​ ​ ​ ​ Sincerely, Julie Woessner, President CASAA

 

[zoiDman]

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