Risks and Benefits of Lon-Term Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Produts; Public Workshowp; Request for Comments
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2010-09-24 2010-12-21 2010-11-10
FDA-2010-N-0449-0002 FDA-2010-N-0449-0007 FDA-2010-N-0449-0006
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https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/FDA-2010-N-0449-0002 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/FDA-2010-N-0449-0007 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/FDA-2010-N-0449-0006
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The idea of the FDA to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes while at the same time allowing the sale of cigarettes is so idiotic that it makes my blood boil. It is a fact that cigarettes are more harmful than electronic cigarettes, that fact cannot be disputed. So logic would say that if you are going to ban electronic cigarettes you should ban regular cigarettes. I have no idea who is running the FDA, but that individual should be FIRED. I would personally love to testify before ANY government commitee in regards to the stupidity of this subject and IF the tobacco industry is greasing someones palms at the FDA that individual should be FIRED also. I am sick and tired of special interests ruling this country and I am sick and tired of common sense being thrown out the window !!!!! So get some common sense and do the right thing !!!!! I think that the new warning labels on the cigarette packs are a great idea. I would like to see something a bit more slap in the face for the second hand smoke label. The ones that are available make it look more like its just an annoyance than potentially harmful or even fatal. With 3,000 people dying every year from lung cancer caused by second hand smoke, I think people should be a little better informed. I also think that a label should be made that makes parents consider the likelihood that if they smoke then their children will also smoke because that is the example they see. I am torn between two of the pics for the addicting label. The guy smoking through his throat, and the puppet. I think the smoking through the throat guy is very intense, but something about the puppet gets to me personally. One of the reasons I dont smoke or drink alcohol or coffee is because I dont like feeling like Im not in control of myself. If I cant look at something and say no, I feel like Im not really calling the shots anymore. I dont know how many people share that feeling, but I think the image is more thought provoking.I am afraid we kinda dropped the ball on the smoking can harm your children label. None of the children look harmed except maybe the last one. Screaming kids and illustrations arent going to cut it with people who put addiction before child care. Let them see the irreversible damage they can cause. When we are talking about kids we cant afford to pull any punches, or sugar coat things.Fatal lung cancer, the deceased with a toe tag. I like it. Its very final and to the point. The picture looks colorless and cold which is a great way to portray it on a cigarette label. I also like the lung comparison, its a good visual to put in their minds right before they suck down some of that sweet tar.The guy hooked to the bag is probably my favored one for the heart disease label. Everyone thinks about lung cancer when they think about the adverse side effects of smoking, but they dont consider the heart disease and stroke as much. Lung cancer seems more gradual and fightable, but strokes and heart attacks are sudden and often fatal and can come without much warning. That makes them scary.For smoking during pregnancy I think the baby illustration should be an actual photo, and maybe we should take the pacifier off the table and put it in a small casket or on a tombstone. Again, with babies who dont have a choice, we really need to hit hard.I think the corpse with the stitched up chest cavity is the kicker for the smoking can kill you label. Its a more memorable image than the guy in the suite or the coffin illustration. Its a nice cold hard dose of reality. If you dont care about dying, then the picture wont bother you and you can smoke merrily along.I suppose the lady crying would be my pick for the second hand smoke label. A lady in obvious distress usually invokes some kind of sympathy or concern. It might be enough to plant the seed of change.Something about the lady blowing the bubble gets my attention for the quit smoking label. I think it must be contrast between blowing a nice clean bubble and exhaling gray nasty smoke out your mouth. It makes smoking seem dirty by comparison. I think the t-shirt guy is just going to invite ridicule. I would like to see electronic cigarettes get the green light as a nicotine replacement therapy option. It is working extremely well for me. I must say i was actually suprised by this as i was a smoker for 27 years. I believe there are already tests done in the 40s on the inhalation of propelyne glycol. O a;sp fee; we cam assume that harm around inhalation of vegetable is minimal (if any), as we have thousands of cooks in this country who use this product daily. I strongly suggest e-cigs be regulated as a tobacco product, rather than as a drug delivery device. Thanks.