tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post1908351953458195315..comments2024-03-26T00:00:44.845-04:00Comments on Tobacco Truth: FDA Inaction Strengthens Cigarette Market SupremacyBrad Roduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-55765443448149661502012-12-27T17:21:05.472-05:002012-12-27T17:21:05.472-05:00I'm extremely frustrated. Working in public he...I'm extremely frustrated. Working in public health tobacco prevention and control and waiting for FDA to give us some new, research-based talking points about e-cigs, smokeless and OTP is as fruitful as waiting for them to declare the moon is cheese. I'm sick of repeating the same stuff to our smokers, but going out on a limb is a scary, punishing place. We're not all mindless robots in public health, though it seems like FDA wants us that way. And too often it does feel like we're witholding information from the public. I don't know what to communicate to our public anymore other than to encourage them to stop smoking traditional cigs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-7938669594617376222012-12-27T15:54:50.866-05:002012-12-27T15:54:50.866-05:00"At first glance, this FDA bottleneck looks l..."At first glance, this FDA bottleneck looks like a win for public health, as it effectively blocks new cigarette introductions."<br /><br />Brad,<br /><br />Being that we are both proponents of harm reduction, I am certain that we can agree on one thing: by blocking the introduction of any new and novel (reduced harm) tobacco products, the FDA is in fact doing great harm to the health of the public at large.<br /><br />There are numerous reduced risk combustible cigarettes that are already in existence, a few of which are currently awaiting approval from the FDA.<br /><br />There's Brand A (drastic reduction in bio-markers such as NNAL-78%- and NNN-67%), Brand B (63% reduction in smoke/tar inhalation), the anti-oxidant infused cigarette developed by researchers at Cornell University (shown to drastically reduce the amount of cancer causing free radicals..), the haemoglobin and activated carbon filtered cigarette (shown to reduce free radicals in cigarette smoke that pass through the filter by up to 90%), etc... These are but a few examples. We smokers deserve to know about the existence of these products. To deny us access to this information is to deny us of our right to make (our own) healthier choices and thus live healthier lives according to our own means.<br /><br />90+% of us still prefer combustibles. This can no longer be ignored.<br /><br />Happy Holidays:-)jredheadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078082563556309444noreply@blogger.com