Support for the FDA's Regulation of Tobacco
Ensuring that the law giving the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products is effectively implemented
Field of Work: Tobacco control
Problem Synopsis: New federal legislation in 2009 gave the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) authority to restrict tobacco marketing to youth, limit youth access to tobacco, require changes in tobacco products, regulate claims about tobacco safety and require more effective warnings on cigarette packs. The FDA created the Center for Tobacco Products to implement these powers, but additional support was needed while it acquired capacity.
Synopsis of the Work: The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids submitted recommendations for FDA actions such as new cigarette warning labels, provided legal support for lawsuits against FDA by the tobacco industry, educated the public health community about regulation issues, and worked with the scientific community to build an evidence base for the campaign's recommendations.
Key Findings/Results: The FDA incorporated the campaign's recommendations into several actions, including a ban on flavored tobacco, a ban on the use of descriptors for cigarettes and new labeling for smokeless products.
Recommended Reading
- The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Campaign for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products
- Predicting a Pandemic
- National Tobacco Control Technical Assistance Consortium
- Tobacco-Control Laws on Clean Air and Youth Access are Enforced Differently
- You Have the Power to Protect Me from America's #1 Cause of Preventable Death
- Wringing Every Possible Quit Out of Tobacco Policy Change