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Star Scientific Bid to Gain Approval for 'Modified Risk' Snuff Shows Importance of FDA Authority Over Tobacco
January 4, 2011The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: "Star Scientific Inc.'s plan to submit a new, moist-snuff product for evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration as a "modified risk" tobacco product shows the vital importance of the new law giving the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products and any health claims used to market them. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requires the FDA to apply strict scientific scrutiny to the company's claims that these products have lower levels of certain carcinogens and the agency can block any claims that it determines do not benefit public health." Full release
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