Board of Directors Announcement of Executive Director Resignation & Search
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners of Counter Tools, With both sadness and gratitude that we must announce that Nina Baltierra will be resigning as the Executive Director of Counter Tools. Nina joined Counter Tools as a [...]
Celebrating 10 Years of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
President Barack Obama, surrounded by members of Congress, and others, signs the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in 2009. (Edmonds/AP) via nydailynews.com Tomorrow, June 22, 2019, marks the 10th anniversary of [...]
Letter from Public Health Groups on Senate T21 Bills
Excerpt: We are writing to express our strong support for raising the legal age for sale of tobacco products to 21 and to share our views on two bipartisan bills recently introduced in the Senate. We [...]
Counter Tobacco Podcast: An Interview with Katherine Ungar on Tobacco 21
In the latest episode of the Counter Tobacco Podcast, we interview Katherine Ungar, Executive Director of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation. Learn about how interest in policies raising the minimum legal sales age to 21 (or [...]
Counter Tools featured in Innovate Carolina’s newsletter!
We're thrilled to be featured in Innovate Carolina's weekly newsletter, IN the Know! IN the Know shares interesting and inspiring news and updates about innovative and entrepreneurial activity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel [...]
Letter from Public Health Groups on House T21 Bills
Excerpt: We are writing to express our strong support for the Tobacco to 21 Act (H.R. 2411) and the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act (H.R. 2339), both of which would raise the legal age for [...]
Letter of Support for the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020
Excerpt: We are writing to express our strong support for H.R. 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019. Your legislation will address the current youth e-cigarette epidemic that is threatening to undermine the [...]
We Can’t Wait: Governmental Action Can Do More than Voluntary Corporate Action
Image from http://fortune.com/fortune500/walgreens-boots-alliance/ In a statement released on March 4, 2019, the FDA announced new actions taken by the agency to warn Walgreens and 15 other corporate-owned chains and franchise stores, including Walmart, with [...]
Comments of Public Health Groups on FDA Draft Guidance Modifying Compliance Policy for Certain Deemed Tobacco Products
Excerpt: The undersigned organizations submit these comments in the above referenced Docket on the Draft Guidance for Industry on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed Modifications to its Compliance Policy for Certain Deemed Products, issued [...]
[UPDATED!] See you at NCTOH!
Counter Tools will be at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) August 27th to 29th in Minneapolis, MN---will you? During the conference, we invite you to stop by our exhibitor booth (#111) to grab [...]
House Agricultural Subcommittee & FDA Letter From Public Health Groups
Excerpt: As your Subcommittee moves forward with the FY 2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, we urge you to approve the authorized level of user fees for the Food [...]
House CDC OSH Letter from Public Health Groups
Excerpt: As your Subcommittee moves forward with the FY 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, we urge you to increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) [...]