San Francisco Lawmakers are More Interested in Regulating the Mission of Stores and Feeling Good About Themselves than Protecting the Public’s Health
After its ban on tobacco sales in pharmacies was struck down by the courts because there was no rational basis to exclude pharmacies in supermarkets and box stores from the ban, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is now considering extending the ban to all pharmacies. The purpose of the ban, according to one Supervisor, is to ensure that pharmacies sell healthy products, not products that harm people. An article in the San Francisco Examiner explains the rationale: “Cigarettes and chewing tobacco are a tiny fraction of the products sold, and pharmacies should be selling medicine and helpful items, not items like cigarettes that kill you,” said Supervisor Eric Mar, who introduced legislation Tuesday that broadens the tobacco ban
Will World Health Organization Declare that Winston Cigarettes are Safer and/or Less Enticing to Kids than Other Cigarettes?
According to an article in the Louisville Journal-Courier , Kentucky’s main crop – burley tobacco – could be devastated by regulations being proposed by a working group of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). How could this be
If You’re Banning Chocolate and Banana in Cigarettes, Then Why Not Licorice, Brown Sugar, Caramel, Lemon Oil, Lime Oil, and Scotch Spearmint Oil?
Yesterday, I argued that the TPSAC, in being asked to evaluate whether or not it made sense to exempt menthol from the ban on cigarette flavorings, must consider the central question of whether menthol enhances the taste, and therefore the appeal of cigarettes, especially to youth.
Two Amicus Briefs Support NJOY’s Position that FDA Lacks Authority to Regulate Its Electronic Cigarettes as Drug Delivery Devices Under the FDCA
Two amicus briefs filed late last week support the position that NJOY’s electronic cigarettes may not be regulated by the FDA as drug delivery devices because the products are not marketed with any therapeutic claims.
