The legislation, due to take effect from 2012, is intended to make cigarettes less appealing, particularly to young people, and to cut the number of smoking-related deaths
The FDA stated: Following a rigorous science-based review through the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) pathway, the agency determined that authorizing these products for the US market is appropriate for the protection of the public health because, among several key considerations, the products produce fewer or lower levels of some toxins than combustible cigarettes. However, the agency added: While todays action permits the tobacco products to be sold in the US, it does not mean these products are safe or FDA approved. It falls on harm reductionists to hammer home that HNB products are much safer than cigarettesas the FDA grudgingly acknowledged with its appropriate for the protection of the public health comment
Texas will become the 15th state in the nation to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone younger than 21 years of age
But it is my experience that that doesnt really happen and that my fear was unfounded. Jamie Lee Curtis When you started going to recovery meetings, were you scared someone was going to recognize you and sell your story to the tabloids