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Smoke Screens
No Smoking – American Cancer Society’s Great American Smoke Out (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Bill White recently posted on tobacco use in recovery. He’s been way ahead of the field on this and...
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Up in Smoke (or Vapor, as the Case May Be)
By David B. Clissold – Last week, House Democrats and a consortium of public health organizations turned up the heat on FDA to issue “deeming” regulations that would bring electronic cigarettes and...
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As Partial Government Shutdown Kicks In, FDA’s Foods Program Is Hardest Hit
By Ricardo Carvajal & Kurt R. Karst – According to contingency plans drawn up by the Department of Health and Human Services, 45% of FDA’s nearly 15,000 staff were to be furloughed in the absence...
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How full do you want your recovery to be?
Bill White on the importance of primary care: by truthout.org The Philadelphia survey goes beyond affirming the significant prevalence of recovery in the general population to provide a detailed...
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When is a Very, Very Long Delay the Same Thing as a Ban? FDA’s Review of...
By David B. Clissold – The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently released a report examining FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (“CTP”) entitled, “New Tobacco Products: FDA...
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Giving up smoking? Try positive psychotherapy
“The thousands of people who’ve resolved to stop smoking this New Year might soon be able to make use of a new method to help them break free from tobacco. Called PPT–S, or positive psychotherapy for...
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Deem the e-Cigarettes! Full Speed Ahead!
By David B. Clissold – Under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“Tobacco Control Act”), the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) was given the authority to regulate cigarettes,...
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Why the CDC Director Hates E-Cigarettes
The pros and cons of getting your vape on.Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began a new era—regulating e-cigarettes. With a non-controversial first step, the FDA banned the sale of...
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As Senate and House Lawmakers Slog Through FDA Appropriations Bills, FDA’s...
By Kurt R. Karst – On May 29th, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations voted 31-18 during a mark-up session to send to the House floor its version of the Agriculture, Rural...
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Court Finds Three Appointments Tainted the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific...
By Jay W. Cormier & David B. Clissold — Although an apple a day idiomatically keeps the doctor away, it appears true to one federal judge that one bad apple (or in this case three) really does...
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