Tobacco
Regulation
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed ban on menthol-flavored tobacco products would have adverse consequences for civil liberties, provide a boon for criminal actors, and reduce state revenues, all while failing to reduce smoking rates.
Insights
In an important new paper forthcoming in Food and Drug Law Journal, Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, RADM (Ret. USPHS), dean, University of Maryland School of Public Health; Brian Yagi, MD, JD, assistant professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins; and Brian Miller, MD, MBA, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins, explore why the U.S. needs electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) product standards.
March 14, 2023
Our President Christopher Sheeron joined 35 other consumer and taxpayer organizations in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock explaining why banning menthol and other flavored tobacco products would have serious unintended consequences. In addition, this coalition urged HHS and FDA to engage in evidence-based policy making and embrace new technologies and alternative nicotine delivery systems.
May 3, 2021