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FDA

No tobacco product is safe.

But some could be more dangerous than others.

The Tobacco Control Act, which was signed into law in 2009, created a path that companies may use to bring to the market products that are less harmful or reduce the risk of tobacco-related disease. FDA is asking for public comment on draft guidelines for the tobacco industry regarding scientific evidence the industry must submit to FDA to be able to sell and market such products, which are defined as Modified Risk Tobacco Products (MRTP).

Bloomberg  News

GREENSBORO — Todd Ridge stopped smoking Camel Lights last year after taxes pushed the price to $4.60 a pack. Now he makes his own cigarettes at the Liberty Tobacco store in Archdale, cutting his habit’s cost in half.

Over the past 4-1/2 years, mom-and-pop stores have installed more than 1,900 roll-your-own cigarette machines in 42 states, according to RYO Machines, which makes them. Taking advantage of a loophole in federal tax laws, some retailers are selling tobacco labeled as the pipe variety, which is taxed less, even though it often winds up in cigarettes.

Editor’s  Note:    Mega expenditures of this magnitude by a federal agency on  a communications  which has no scientifically proven metric of reliabilty  is  probably a result of the fact that the budget of  the Center for Tobacco products is exempt from the traditional federal appropriations process.

 

By  CBS News Staff

(CBS/AP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are teaming up to unveil a new graphic anti-smoking campaign, weeks after a federal judge shot down an FDA mandate requiring graphic warnings on cigarette backs.

9NYSYR.com

Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – The State Attorney General is filing a Federal lawsuit against a DeWitt business, arguing that the company is evading cigarette taxes.

The lawsuit says the roll-your-own cigarette business “Tobacco House CCW” sells cigarettes without paying required taxes.

“They are breaking the law,” said Assistant Attorney General Ed Thompson. “They law is very clear with respect to the sale of tobacco in the State of New York. You cannot sell tobacco in violation of tax laws. This store is not properly charging tax, taxes, so, therefore, the people of the State of New York are being cheated out of revenue that they’re entitled to.”