FDA Regulations for Sales to Minors in Effect as of August 8

Original story by Dennis Thompson, HealthDay – August 8, 2016, 11:08 AM The sale of electronic cigarettes to minors are banned nationwide as of this past Monday, August 8, 2016. This mandate is part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) long-overdue plan to extend the agency’s regulatory powers over all tobacco products. The new rule ensures electronic cigarettes and any other tobacco product

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U.S. House Appropriations Committee Puts Tobacco Industry Before Health

Stakeholder groups strongly oppose a $110 million funding cut to the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), as presented in the FY 2017 House Appropriations bill. In a July 12 Letter to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee, (spearheaded by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) 47 organizations called on legislators to restore that funding and allocate at least $210 million —

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