{"id":12435,"date":"2016-05-25T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T23:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2011-05-25T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T23:10:10","slug":"fda-cracks-tobacco-l0525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/fda-cracks-tobacco-l0525\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA cracks down on online tobacco sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn\u2019t have a problem with consumers buying cigarettes online, they have a problem with manufacturers claiming their products offer \u201creduced risk of tobacco-related diseases\u201d online.<\/p>\n

The FDA cited the online retailers for a variety of illegal marketing claims that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including use of terms such as: \u201cLight\u201d; \u201cLow\u201d; \u201cMild\u201d; \u201cLess toxic\u201d; or \u201cSafer.\u201d\u00a0 This is a fairly new law that just went into effect about a year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no known safe tobacco product. It is illegal for tobacco companies or retailers, including internet sellers, to make unsubstantiated claims or statements that imply tobacco products reduce health risks,\u201d said Lawrence R. Deyton, M.S.P.H., M.D., director of the FDA\u2019s Center for Tobacco Products. \u201cFDA will pursue enforcement actions to protect the public health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FDA sent out 11 warning letters to companies telling them not to advertise with these false claims.\u00a0 To make such a claim the FDA would have to approve it, and not one of these companies has any such permission from the FDA.<\/p>\n

The FDA\u2019s Center for Tobacco Products conducts routine monitoring and surveillance of tobacco product marketing, advertising and promotion to assess compliance with the law.\u00a0 If companies fail to comply with the government agencies request fines, seizure, and criminal prosecution could become a reality.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>National Cancer Institute\u2019s take on \u2018light\u2019 cigarettes<\/strong>:
\n\u201cTar exposure from a light cigarette can be just as high as that from a regular cigarette if the smoker takes long, deep, or frequent puffs. The bottom line is that light cigarettes do not reduce the health risks of smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their website also says people who smoke any kind of cigarette are at much greater risk of lung cancer than people who do not smoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn\u2019t have a problem with consumers buying cigarettes online, they have a problem with manufacturers claiming their products offer \u201creduced risk of tobacco-related diseases\u201d online. The FDA cited the online retailers for a variety of illegal marketing claims that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t