Public Health Groups Urge FDA to Follow Up on Nicotine Lollipop Ban By Taking Action Against Other New Nicotine Products
U.S. Newswire, April, 2002
WASHINGTON, April 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Eleven public health groups today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the FDA to stop the sale of other new nicotine products just as it recently stopped the sale of nicotine lollipops and lip balm.
The FDA on April 10 barred the sale of the nicotine lollipops and lip balm, citing health and safety concerns and their accessibility and appeal to children. Today's letter urges the FDA to act on petitions filed by public health groups on December 18, 2001, that called on the FDA to stop the sale of other new nicotine-containing products. These include Nicotine Water, Star Scientific's Ariva tobacco lozenges, and more traditional cigarette products being marketed with claims of reduced risk, including Star/Brown &...
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