Press Releases: FDA

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• FDA Takes Welcome Steps to Help More Smokers Quit (Apr 01, 2013)
• Government's Decision Not to Appeal Cigarette Warning Ruling Is Disappointing; FDA Should Quickly Develop New Set of Graphic Warnings (Mar 19, 2013)
• New Report: Tobacco Companies Exploit Regulatory and Tax Loopholes to Market Cheap, Sweet Cigars that Entice Kids (Mar 13, 2013)
• Talk about a Scoop: Tobacco Company Puts Kitty Litter in Its Cigars (Mar 01, 2013)
• New Study Finds Increased Use of Electronic Cigarettes, Shows Need for FDA Regulation (Feb 28, 2013)
• Tobacco-Free Kids Applauds Dr. Lawrence Deyton for Leading FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (Feb 21, 2013)
• New England Journal of Medicine Studies Find Huge Health Benefits to Quitting Smoking (Jan 23, 2013)
• New Survey Shows U.S. Youth Smoking Rates Fell to Record Lows in 2012 (Dec 19, 2012)
• Federal Court Upholds Providence, RI, Measures to Reduce Tobacco Sales to Kids (Dec 11, 2012)
• Court Ruling Against Cigarette Warnings is Wrong on the Science and Law and Should be Appealed (Aug 24, 2012)
• CDC Survey Shows Slow Declines in Youth Cigarette Smoking, but Troubling Increase in Cigar Smoking by African-American Teens (Aug 09, 2012)
• CDC Report Shows Tobacco Companies Manipulating Products to Avoid Taxes and Encourage Smoking — Congress and FDA Must Act to Protect Public Health (Aug 02, 2012)
• Altria’s New Nicotine Lozenge Shows Need for FDA to Regulate All Tobacco Products so Consumers Aren’t Big Tobacco’s Guinea Pigs (May 22, 2012)
• WTO Ruling on Clove Cigarettes Disregards Congress' Legitimate Authority to Protect America's Kids from Tobacco (Apr 04, 2012)
• FDA Acts to Stop Tobacco Industry Deception about Health Risks of Products (Mar 30, 2012)
• FDA Advisory Committee Report Raises Concern Dissolvable Tobacco Products Could Increase Overall Tobacco Use (Mar 22, 2012)
• Federal Appeals Court Upholds Graphic Cigarette Warnings and Other Key Provisions of New Tobacco Regulation Law (Mar 19, 2012)
• Latest Ruling Against Cigarette Warnings Is Not Surprising — Still Wrong on the Law and the Science (Feb 29, 2012)
• Institute of Medicine Report Recommends High Scientific Bar For FDA Review of Modified Risk Tobacco Products (Dec 14, 2011)
• FDA Acts to Stop Illegal Tobacco Sales to Kids (Nov 10, 2011)
• Ruling Against New Cigarette Warnings Is Wrong on the Law and the Science; Justice Department Should Appeal to Protect Public Health (Nov 07, 2011)
• FDA Requires Tobacco Companies to Disclose Detailed Information About New and Changed Products; Agency Can Stop Harmful Changes (Sep 27, 2011)
• CDC Report Shows Smoking Declines Have Cut Lung Cancer, But Many States Lag and Must Do More (Sep 15, 2011)
• CDC Reports Adult Smoking Rates Is Declining Slowly – Elected Leaders Must Act to Accelerate Progress and Save More Lives (Sep 06, 2011)
• Tobacco Companies Seek to Avoid Telling Deadly Truth About Smoking by Filing Lawsuit to Stop New Warning Labels (Aug 17, 2011)