FYI: The new "representative of the general public" on FDA's TPSAC

[AgentAnia]

Appointed as of 4/1/14 to represent the general public on FDA's tobacco Products Special Advisory Committee:

* Claudia P. Barone, Ed.D., R.N., L.N.C., C.P.C., CCNS-BC, A.P.R.N.Expertise: tobacco cessation counseling, tobacco control healthcare provider training, Acute/critical care nursing, advanced practice education
Term: 4/1/14-1/31/18
Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Nursing
Education Building II, Suite 132 C
4301 West Markham Street, Slot 529
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

A brief CV can be found here: http://www.arcancercoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Claudia-Barone-Pic-Bio.pdf, but here's what matters:

Currently she is an Advanced Practice Partner in the Center for Nursing Excellence at UAMS Medical Center, Professor in the College of Nursing at UAMS, principal investigator on a second year interdisciplinary tobacco counseling grant in the College of Nursing funded by the Arkansas Cancer Coalition, and served as a former co‐investigator on a tobacco cessation grant in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. She is currently working toward completing her certification as a tobacco treatment specialist through the University of Massachusetts.

Don't know about you, but she definitely doesn't represent the public I'm part of...

 

[Bill Godshall]

Please note that the FDA's tobacco policy cheerleaders (AKA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee) are meeting today, tomorrow and Friday to further distort the scientific evidence, and to recommend even more unwarranted and expensive research before FDA can approve MRTP and other applications by manufacturers.

FDA TPSAC meetings April 16-18
2014 TPSAC Meeting Materials and Information

 

[DrMA]

Claudia sounds like a perfect representative of the general ANTZ public though...

 

[Mossy]

"Tobacco treatment specialist"

Sounds like she should be out in the field spraying chemicals on tobacco plants. Where in hell do they get these ridiculous titles!.
Also these people are going to need people to keep smoking stinkies so they can use these stupid certificates in their future employment.....talk about creating jobs!

 

[StormFinch]

Ania thank you very, very much for this info. Arkansas Vapor Alliance is on the case.

BTW, anyone else notice that Dr. Eissenburg was also elected to the TPSAC? Although the last time I looked he was more cautious than either Farsalinos or Burstyn, he was still closer to our side than most.

 

[CES]

Dr. Eissenburg has at least been on ECF and spoken to vapers.

 

[AgentAnia]

Dr. Eissenburg has at least been on ECF and spoken to vapers.

Spoken to vapers? Shhhhh. Don't tell the other TPSAC members; they'll kick him off the committee....