ptolymall1
Dołączył: 20 Gru 2010
Posty: 153
Przeczytał: 0 tematów
Ostrzeżeń: 0/5 Skąd: England
|
Wysłany: Czw 8:27, 13 Sty 2011 Temat postu: L.O Block Ban on Newport Cigarettes Smokes |
|
|
L.O Block Ban on [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Smokes
(Related [link widoczny dla zalogowanych])-The nation’s third-largest tobacco company is stepping up a campaign to stop the Food and Drug Administration from banning menthol-flavored cigarettes.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Lorillard Inc., which manufactures the popular menthol brand Newport, on Monday told an FDA panel meeting to consider a possible ban that such a move would inevitably lead to a black market for the cigarettes. The company also issued a news release saying that an economic analysis found that a ban would spur a “significant increase in organized crime activity” and potentially give young people more access to cigarettes.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], The FDA began to regulate cigarettes in 2009. The agency subsequently banned all flavored cigarettes except menthols, but instructed its tobacco products scientific advisory committee to write a report with recommendations about the future of menthol cigarettes, which will be released in March.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],According to The Wall Street Journal, Lorillard, which relies on the menthol market for roughly 90 percent of its sales, has responded to the proposal with a wide variety of tactics. Among other things, it has campaigned against the ban on social media sites such as Twitter and formed alliances with African-American groups. (African-Americans are the predominant customers for menthol cigarettes.) Although Lorillard led the opposition to a possible ban at Monday’s hearing, other tobacco companies voiced similar positions.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Many analysts believe that a prohibition is unlikely, and as The New York Times reports, point to the recent resignation from the advisory committee of Dr. Gregory N. Connolly, a major advocate of restrictions on tobacco sales, as a sign that the arguments of Lorillard will likely win out.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Public health advocates say that the menthol flavoring, which masks the harsh taste of cigarettes, attracts young smokers. They also point out that the cigarettes are heavily marketed to black smokers, who have the highest rates of smoking-related disease.--(Related [link widoczny dla zalogowanych])
Post został pochwalony 0 razy
|
|