Comments on Illicit Trade Draft Concept Paper
Excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has published and sought comments on a draft paper entitled Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products after Implementation of an FDA Product Standard. The document addresses the potential for development of an illicit market as a result of a number of different potential product standards, including but not limited [More]
Comments on Nicotine Standard ANPRM
Excerpt: For decades, researchers have agreed that nicotine is the fundamental addictive agent in tobacco, leading the U.S. Surgeon General to affirmatively conclude in the 1988 report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction, that, “nicotine is the drug in tobacco that causes addiction.” Now, strong scientific evidence also demonstrates that reducing the nicotine content [More]
Counter Tools Training Youth to Speak Out at Altria’s Shareholder Meeting
Message to Shareholders: We’ve Seen Enough Tobacco Marketing Despite the 80-degree forecast for Richmond, VA on Thursday, May 17, a cold front will pass through downtown just in time for the Altria Group shareholders annual meeting. The icy blast, expected to storm through the area around the Richmond Convention Center, will include 60 youth from [More]
