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FDA Requires Tobacco Companies to Disclose Changes to Products, Providing Important New Information to Protect Public Health
January 5, 2011The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: "As required by the bipartisan new law granting it authority over tobacco products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed tobacco companies to disclose for the first time detailed information on any changes they make to tobacco products. We applaud the FDA for diligently implementing this important requirement of the new law. The agency has done exactly what the law requires. Until now, tobacco companies have been able to secretly change their products in ways that make them even more harmful, addictive or appealing to children, and no government agency has had the information or authority to do anything about it." Full release
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