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March 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) –The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration announced Friday that it will require the tobacco industry
to report on a range of toxic chemical ingredients, and to also back up
any claims for “safer” tobacco products.
Both actions are preliminary at this point, and subject to a period of
public comment.
While there are more than 7,000 chemicals in tobacco and tobacco smoke,
the FDA has a working list of 93 chemicals that cause or may cause harm to
smokers or non-smokers. These include formaldehyde, nicotine, arsenic,
cadmium, ammonia and carbon monoxide. Tobacco companies will be required
to list quantities of 20 different ingredients associated with cancer,
lung disease and other health problems on consumer-friendly packaging by
April 2013.
“For the first time, all tobacco manufacturers will be required to
report quantities of potential harmful compounds in every regulated
tobacco product they sell in the U.S.,” said Dr. Lawrence Deyton,
director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, during a media briefing.
“Tobacco itself contains many chemical compounds, many of which are
harmful in raw state but also when smoked.”
Exactly how and where this information will be conveyed to the public
is not yet known. “We are doing research on how to best communicate that
information in a consumer-friendly way to the public,” he said.
The second FDA action announced that tobacco companies must back up any
claims they make if they want to market a tobacco product as “less risky”
to health.
“Products can’t be marketed as reducing risks unless that claim is
supported by science,” Deyton said. At this time, this primarily refers to
roll-your-own and smokeless tobacco products.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control
Act) gives the FDA the power to regulate certain aspects of tobacco
marketing and manufacturing. The preliminary rules are open for public
comments until June 4, 2012.
More information
Learn more about the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act at
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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