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Escalating concerns regarding the safety of ephedra supplements led the FDA to ban the sale of supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids (specifically ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, and methylephedrine) in the United States in 2004. This ban was challenged by supplement manufacturers and initially overturned, but ultimately upheld.
Following the FDA's ban of ephedra, Michael Ellis was indicted on eight counts of making false statements to the FDA in an effort to obstruct regulation of ephedra. [22] [23] Ellis ultimately pled guilty to a single count of lying to the FDA about the adverse effects of Metabolife 356. He was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison and a ...
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as the FSPTC Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. This bill changed the scope of tobacco policy in the United States by giving the FDA the ability to regulate tobacco products, similar to how it has regulated food and pharmaceuticals since the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
The Food and Drug Administration's new guidance could ban retailers that do not have age-restricted areas of the store from selling flavored tobacco products for e-cigarettes and pushes up the ...
The Trump administrations removed FDA's plan to ban menthol cigarettes. ... The Food and Drug Administration had in April 2022 proposed to ban the sale of ... CEO of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids ...
Jan. 24—DALLAS — The American Lung Association on Wednesday released the 22nd annual "State of Tobacco Control" report, which finds that Texas received 4 F grades and 1 D grade for efforts to ...
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Long title: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes.
It appears that the FDA has finally decided to make a move on the tobacco industry, and this could be really bad news for Lorillard , Altria , and Reynolds American . For some time now, there has ...