The document summarizes key elements of the FDA regulation of tobacco, including requiring tobacco companies to disclose ingredients and research, restricting marketing appeals to youth and misleading health claims, strengthening restrictions on youth sales, informing consumers through improved warning labels and product testing standards, and regulating product contents to protect public health. It provides an overview of implementation timelines and opportunities for public input on the new regulations.
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Fda Presentation
1. FDA Regulation of Tobacco:Â What does it mean? When does it start? And whatâs next?
2. Effective FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products Is Necessary to Protect Our Children, Protect the Public Health and to Reduce the Toll from Tobacco July 2009
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15. Did you know� Data suggests that up to one half of current lung cancer occurrence may be due to changes in cigarette design and that current lung cancer rates might be reduced by up to 50% through regulatory control of cigarette design and composition. David Burns and Christy Anderson, UCSD School of Medicine Abstract for Poster Presentation: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, April 30, 2009, Dublin, Ireland
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The FDA bill can be divided into six major categories. The first category allows the government to collect better information to provide consumers The second category restricts tobacco marketing that appeals to kids and misleads adults The third category adds additional restrictions on sales to youth
The fourth area allows us to more accurately inform consumers through warning labels, a new testing system for the harmful substances in tobacco products, and higher standards for making health claims The fifth area regulates what is in the tobacco products And the sixth protects and expands state authority. Nothing in this bill limits or prevents a state from doing anything that it has previously already done.
Section 904 of the FDA bill requires the tobacco companies to disclose to the FDA not just anything they add, but also what we find in tobacco smoke, both in quantity and quality. They also must disclose not just whatâs added, but also whatâs found naturally. Requires the tobacco companies to disclose their internal research not just in terms of health effects, but also research regarding marketing and anything that would influence consumers Specifically, all new research must be handed over to the FDA. And the FDA has the authority to request all research conducted prior to this bill. The bill also requires the tobacco companies to notify the FDA of ANY changes to a product. FDA will have to be informed in advance before the tobacco company can start marketing any of those changes. Additionally, the FDA has the authority to tell the tobacco companies that they cannot make those changes.
The FDA bill imposes a number of restrictions on the marketing and sales of tobacco products. Section 906 gives the FDA the authority to add additional restrictions. For instance, they can adopt additional restrictions on tobacco marketing whenever it is in the interest of public health, up to the limits of the first amendment. For the first time, this gives us an agency that has the authority to focus on what the tobacco industry is doing and develop solutions. Thatâs particularly important because this is partially where all of you come in. As you see new forms of tobacco marketing and changes in emphasis of tobacco marketing, you can be the eyes for the FDA. Additionally, the legislation also changes the power of the states. Since 1969, states have been preempted from any regulation of any form of tobacco marketing for public health purposes. Now, states are permitted to restrict local forms of marketing in terms of the time, place and manner of those restrictions. But not the content. Such as the placement, colors, etc.
Section 102 of the FDA bill reinstates the FDA rule from 1996 that never went into effect, banning brand sponsorships of sports and entertainment events, free giveaways of any non-tobacco item with the purchase of a tobacco product, and free samples of cigarettes as well as the sale of cigarettes in packages that contain fewer than 20 cigarettes. Outdoor tobacco advertising near schools and playgrounds will only be banned after further FDA review to ensure that it is within the limits of the constitution
These regulations are scheduled to go into effect 1 year from the day the bill was signed. There has been a decrease in tobacco marketing in magazines with significant teen readership recently, but that decrease was said by the tobacco industry to be voluntary, and perhaps temporary. This regulation will ensure that itâs neither voluntary nor temporary by limiting the advertising in publications with more than 15 percent, or 2 million, teen readers to black-and-white text only.
Section 906d lays out the authority of the FDA to go beyond these restrictions and impose additional restrictions.
The next broad area is about illegal sales to kids. In 1996, the FDA established nationwide standards requiring every retailer to ask anyone appearing to be under the age of 27 for a government-issued ID for over-the-counter sales. This legislation will provide additional resources to states that have been doing well with compliance. For states that are struggling with compliance, additional money and resources will be provided for enforcement.
Today, no one regulates the content of tobacco products. No one other than the tobacco industry knows exactly what is the tobacco products and no one knows when the content of a product changes. This bill changes that very quickly. Section 907 of the bill authorizes the FDA to require product changes whenever the FDA finds that the changes are âappropriate for the protection of public healthâ For instance, it gives the FDA the power to eliminate harmful substances and adjust nicotine levels.
This bill gives the FDA the authority to look at the broader effect a product change or existing ingredient has on the population. In other words, the FDA will look at it and ask âDoes this encourage more people to smoke?â
Section 907 applies not just to new products, but to existing products as well.
The FDA canât ban all cigarettes. It canât ban ALL smokeless tobacco products. Nor can FDA require the reduction of nicotine to zero. Anything above zero, FDA can do. The bill only limits FDA authority, however. If you lived in a state that wanted to ban all tobacco products, there is nothing in this bill that would prohibit you from doing so.
The sections on information to consumers has 3 core parts: warning labels, accurate testing of tar and nicotine, and standards to review health claims.
First, it requires the graphic warning labels on the top 50% of both the front AND back of all cigarette products. Because it will take the FDA some time to pick out the graphics and messages to determine which ones are best, the FDA has up to 2 years to do it. The industry has 15 months afterwards to put those labels on. Smokeless is different. Smokeless is 30% of the front and back because of the difference in size, and itâs text only. But the FDA has the authority to increase the size and require graphic warning labels.
Graphic warning labels on the front and back are going to make a fundamental difference.
It will give us the strongest warning labels in the world.
The bill gives the FDA the authority to replace the current testing system and to devise a testing system that will provide meaningful information to consumers.
It bans the use of the terms low tar and light. The ban on the terms low tar and light takes place 12 months after the bill was signed. So this is where science is going to play a huge role and is going to eliminate a system thatâs been doing harm for decades.
The product manufacturers may have to disclose the results of the testing if the Secretary determines the disclosures will not mislead consumers about the risk of tobacco related disease .
Section 911 sets standards that the tobacco companies must meet before being allowed to make any explicit or implicit health claim. It will cut off one of the major ways that the tobacco companies have gotten people to switch rather than quit.
Here are a few examples of products that are marketed as âlightâ
The regulations that went into effect immediately have been in effect since June 20, 2009 In 3 months, the candy flavored cigarettes will be prohibited for sale.
In 12 months, the light and low descriptors, youth access, the new marketing restrictions and warning labels on smokeless, will be in place. 1 year after the scientific advisory committee is appointed, there will be a study and report on menthol. After the study, the Scientific Advisory Committee will recommend some kind of regulation or ban on menthol. And 2 years after the committee is appointed, there will be a similar study and report on dissolvable tobacco products.
In red are the key opportunities for public participation and citizen engagement. In the prelude, which is what the FDA is engaged in right now, the FDA solicits public input. If you submit comments before the deadline, the FDA must address your comments in the rulemaking. These comments are collected in something called a docket. All of the comments that are submitted, including tobacco industry comments, are put in the docket and the docket is available for public viewing. If the FDA is working through a rulemaking, they will also refer things to the scientific advisory committee. They also accept comments. Then FDA shifts to the drafting stage, where they consult with other agencies and conduct the required analysis of the issue at hand. This leads to the proposal, and then there will be another opportunity for public comments. If the hearings during the proposal stage are in a city near you, we are going to want to pack the house with tobacco control advocates. Then the FDA considers all of the comments, does a review and possibly creates a revised proposal. Ultimately, the final rule is published in the federal register and it will contain the date that the new regulation will begin. It could be anywhere from 30 days to a year later. Then, the FDA will proceed with implementation. At this stage, there is the potential for litigation if the tobacco industry attempts to block the rule from going into effect or if tobacco control advocates donât think the rule is effective or goes far enough.
Again, there are many opportunities for public input during the rulemaking process. Itâs very important to have citizen comments.
The FDA has already opened a docket seeking public input on tobacco regulation. The deadline to submit comments is September 29th.
The restrictions in this bill do not apply to cigars. However, this legislations gives the FDA authority over all tobacco products, so they CAN issue a rule with regard to cigars. The FDA now has the authority to create a rule banning flavored little cigars. But additionally, the states have the power to ban flavored little cigars.
