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FDA Blunders by Favoring Combustible Cigarettes Over Vastly Safer Smoke-Free Products
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FDA Blunders by Favoring Combustible Cigarettes Over Vastly Safer Smoke-Free Products
2022-01-25 22:29:06
by FDA Blunders by Favoring Combustible Cigarettes Over Vastly Safer Smoke-Free Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month authorized the marketing of two combusted, filtered cigarettes as modified risk tobacco products. The products, 22nd Century Group Inc.’s “VLN (Very Low Nicotine) King” and “VLN Menthol King,” which produce all of the smoke... Read More

State Attorneys General Oppose Online Sales of ‘Ghost Guns’
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State Attorneys General Oppose Online Sales of ‘Ghost Guns’
2020-12-29 15:10:53
by Tom Ramstack

Nineteen state attorneys general filed an amicus brief this month supporting a lawsuit that seeks to require the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to regulate Internet sales of “ghost gun” components. Ghost guns refer to homemade or... Read More

Deal Banning Surprise Medical Bills Also Ups Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
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Deal Banning Surprise Medical Bills Also Ups Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
2019-12-09 18:17:45
by Deal Banning Surprise Medical Bills Also Ups Tobacco Purchase Age to 21

WASHINGTON — Key House and Senate committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Sunday on draft legislation to prohibit surprise medical bills and raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21. The agreement raises the odds of Congress clearing measures... Read More

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