June 26, 2024: NCHR testified at the FDA Advisory Committee about the problems with safety data for General Snus smokeless tobacco and questioned whether they deserve to be labeled as safer than cigarettes.
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NCHR Comments On FDA’s Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practices
October 6, 2023, in response to FDA’s draft guidance on tobacco manufacturing practices, NCHR recommends that the FDA requires manufacturers to accurately reflect the nicotine concentration of their products using clear labeling, restrict flavor additives, and impose maximum nicotine levels. We also urge FDA to exercise its full authority for manufacturer violations to improve incentive for compliance.
Read More »FDA official bolting to Big Tobacco shines a light on the agency’s revolving-door problem
Grid News, August 3, 2022: An FDA official leaving FDA’s Tobacco Science Office to work for Big Tobacco shines a light on the agency’s revolving-door problem. We explain why this undermines FDA’s authority.
Read More »NCHR Comments on Regulating Menthol in Tobacco Products
June 6, 2022. We strongly support the proposed tobacco product standards that would prohibit menthol in cigarettes and prohibit characterizing flavors in all cigars. While the proposed product standards are an important first step, we also urge FDA to prohibit menthol in all e-cigarettes and related products, in addition to enforcing efforts to prohibit fruit, dessert, and some other flavored cartridge-based sales. Through such efforts, there is a significant opportunity to reduce nicotine addiction in the United States, particularly among young people who increasingly suffer from that addiction as they grow older.
Read More »NCHR’s Comments on Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application for Camel Snus
December 30, 2020: We strongly oppose the approval of this modified risk application for six Camel Snus smokeless tobacco products. If Camel Snus are declared to be a MRTP, there is a risk of increased use of these products, due to perceptions of safety as well as the appeal of flavored products.
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