Sound off on new tobacco rules
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking input on its “historic” new authority overseeing tobacco products.
The new legislation is meant to save the lives of smokers and prevent young people from starting the habit, according to lawmakers.
The FDA is seeking comments on a variety of related topics, from product content to advertising and marketing, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
“We’re interested in receiving input from across the country as the FDA begins to implement this important new authority intended to reduce the enormous toll of suffering and death caused by tobacco products in the United States,” said Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs. “We look forward to the public’s response.”
Click here for more information about the new tobacco regulations.
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This is just another example of the government getting involved in a person’s personal decision. They are doing everything they can to get people to quit smoking, when in reality it’s none of their business. If they want to make health care higher because you chose to smoke, then that’s fine. But it’s a personal choice that get have the right to make. For to government to continue to put restrictions on cigarettes on anything else that invades our right to choose (with the exception of abortion) then they are continuing to limit our rights.