Black Members of Congress Want Menthol Exemption Out of FDA Bill Menthol should be banned along with other cigarette flavorings as part of legislation to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products, the Congressional Black Caucus says.7/3/2008
Canada Warns About Stop-Smoking Drug Health Canada has echoed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning about suicide and depression linked to a leading stop-smoking drug.7/3/2008
Smokeless Tobacco Increases Oral, Esophageal, Pancreatic Cancer Risk Using smokeless tobacco raises your risk of oral cancer by 80 percent and your risk of esophageal and pancreatic cancer by 60 percent, according to researchers who concluded that encouraging smokers to switch to smokeless products is bad public-health policy.7/2/2008
AMA Fails to Act on Proposed Menthol Ban A number of major public-health organizations want a ban on menthol cigarettes included in legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products, but the American Medical Association (AMA) recently declined to throw its weight behind the proposal.7/2/2008
Ban Indoor Smoking, WHO Advises Nations A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says that indoor-smoking bans can prevent heart disease, encourage smokers to quit and protect children.7/1/2008
Teen Smoking Rates Level Off, CDC Says After years of welcome decline, teen smoking rates have leveled off in the past five years, and health officials say slack state spending on prevention is to blame.6/27/2008
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