Please urge the FDA to approve Modified Risk tobacco Product applications (per Section 911 of the FSPTCA) for smokefree tobacco products to truthfully inform smokers that they are far less hazardous alternatives to cigarettes.
Public comment deadline is tomorrow, Friday, Sept 23.
Yesterday, Stan Glantz submitted comments urging FDA to oppose MRTP applications and products.
To submit a comment, please see
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/NewsEvents/ucm259201.htm
then go to
[SIZE=+0]http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-N-0443-0001
and click on the "submit your comment" icon.
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Please urge the FDA to "approve all MRTP applications by smokefreee tobacco products to truthfully inform smokers that the product is a far less hazardous alternative to cigarettes."
Also, please urge the FDA to "not require smokefree tobacco product manufacturers to conduct expensive studies on their truthful claim's impact on nonusers of tobacco products because the enormous health benefits that have accrued to the several million smokers who already switched to smokeless tobacco (and to the estimated million smokers who switched to e-cigarettes) have already offset any potential health risk increase even if every non-tobacco-user in America began using these smokefree tobacco products (because smokefree tobacco products are at least 99% less hazardous than cigarettes)."
Please note that Section 911 of the FSPTCA (i.e MRTP provisions) currently only applies to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, RYO and smokeless tobacco products, but the FDA has stated its intent to propose a regulation to apply Chapter IX of the FSPTCA (including Sec. 911) to e-cigarettes, e-liquid, at least several dissolvable tobacco products and other unregulated tobacco products.
(This was copied and pasted from Bill Godshaws Emails and I figured it could be the best way to get the word out FAST) Thanks Bill!!!
Public comment deadline is tomorrow, Friday, Sept 23.
Yesterday, Stan Glantz submitted comments urging FDA to oppose MRTP applications and products.
To submit a comment, please see
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/NewsEvents/ucm259201.htm
then go to
[SIZE=+0]http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-N-0443-0001
and click on the "submit your comment" icon.
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Please urge the FDA to "approve all MRTP applications by smokefreee tobacco products to truthfully inform smokers that the product is a far less hazardous alternative to cigarettes."
Also, please urge the FDA to "not require smokefree tobacco product manufacturers to conduct expensive studies on their truthful claim's impact on nonusers of tobacco products because the enormous health benefits that have accrued to the several million smokers who already switched to smokeless tobacco (and to the estimated million smokers who switched to e-cigarettes) have already offset any potential health risk increase even if every non-tobacco-user in America began using these smokefree tobacco products (because smokefree tobacco products are at least 99% less hazardous than cigarettes)."
Please note that Section 911 of the FSPTCA (i.e MRTP provisions) currently only applies to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, RYO and smokeless tobacco products, but the FDA has stated its intent to propose a regulation to apply Chapter IX of the FSPTCA (including Sec. 911) to e-cigarettes, e-liquid, at least several dissolvable tobacco products and other unregulated tobacco products.
(This was copied and pasted from Bill Godshaws Emails and I figured it could be the best way to get the word out FAST) Thanks Bill!!!
