BU Now » nicotine http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Proposed FDA regulation of tobacco is weak http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/03/proposed-fda-regulation-of-tobacco-is-very-weak/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/03/proposed-fda-regulation-of-tobacco-is-very-weak/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:40:05 +0000 Ron Rosenberg http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=764 For Michael Siegel, MD, a long time anti-smoking advocate and professor of social and behavioral sciences, the proposed Food and Drug Administration regulation of cigarettes is really a smoke screen for Big Tobacco. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, he states that the legislation was crafted, in part, by Philip Morris in a deal with health groups, notably the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, as there is no mandate to eliminate nicotine, and limited reduction of toxins and carcinogens in tobacco.

Contact Michael Siegel, (617) 638-5160, mbsiegel@bu.edu

]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/03/proposed-fda-regulation-of-tobacco-is-very-weak/feed/ 0 The battle over non-tobacco E-cigarettes at the FDA http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/02/the-battle-over-non-tobacco-e-cigarettes-at-the-fda/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/02/the-battle-over-non-tobacco-e-cigarettes-at-the-fda/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:49:31 +0000 Ron Rosenberg http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=675 Smokeless, tobacco-free, electronic (battery-powered) cigarettes that deliver a mixture of nicotine and water vapor but no carcinogens are part of the Senate debate over the proposed Food and Drug Administration tobacco regulations. Michael Siegel, MD, MPH, professor of socal and behavioral sciences, maintains they are a life-saving alternative for many smokers.

Michael Siegel, 617-638-5160, mbsiegel@bu.edu

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