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===2021 Apr 27 - [https://cei.org/blog/a-menthol-cigarette-ban-would-perpetuate-the-racist-war-on-drugs/ A Menthol Cigarette Ban Would Perpetuate the Racist War on Drugs]=== | |||
*In 2013 a coalition of health “charities” funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, initiated a citizen petition requesting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol cigarettes. But, after years of ignoring the petition, the coalition—now joined by the NAACP and others—sued to force the FDA to respond, which experts believe the agency will do in the next few weeks. | |||
*Referenced Petition: [https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/tclc-fdacitizenpetition-menthol-2013.pdf Citizen Petition Asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Prohibit Menthol as a Characterizing Flavor in Cigarettes] | |||
**Written by: The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. The Consortium’s affiliated legal centers include ChangeLab Solutions in Oakland, California; the Legal Resource Center for Tobacco Regulation, Litigation & Advocacy at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland; the Tobacco Control Resource Center, a project of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts; the Smoke-Free Environments Law Project at the Center for Social Gerontology in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Public Health Law Center at the William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota; the Tobacco Control Policy and Legal Resource Center at New Jersey GASP in Summit, New Jersey; and the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy at New England Law in Boston, Massachusetts, which provides technical assistance to communities in the state of New York. All of the Consortium’s affiliated legal centers join this petition. | |||
**Signed by: National Latino Alliance for Health Equity, Dr. Valerie B. Yerger (individually - Naturopathic Doctor and Health Policy Researcher at the University of California, San Francisco - Board member, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council - Board member, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights - Board member, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network **Dr. Yerger’s organizational affiliations are included for identification purposes only), National Association of City and County Health Officials, NAATPN, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Corporate Accountability International, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''(CTFK),''')</span> American Public Health Association, Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence, c/o UMDNJ — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Tobacco Dependence Program, American Lung Association, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL), American Legacy Foundation, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society — Cancer Action Network, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Cancer Research, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, | |||
===2021 Mar 10 - California: [https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article249806533.html?fbclid=IwAR0bENuwD9Chj7PXc8jp3Ii6dvcftHWq3iXRXITZoRavi2LWLw0JR7GBYJA BLOOMBERG SPENDS ON ANTI-TOBACCO REFERENDUM]=== | ===2021 Mar 10 - California: [https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article249806533.html?fbclid=IwAR0bENuwD9Chj7PXc8jp3Ii6dvcftHWq3iXRXITZoRavi2LWLw0JR7GBYJA BLOOMBERG SPENDS ON ANTI-TOBACCO REFERENDUM]=== | ||
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===2019 Oct 3 - [https://www.atr.org/conservative-groups-urge-president-trump-protect-vapers-flavored-product-ban?amp&fbclid=IwAR1yNMr9V5LxAmaBYFT7zoMoAFh2sXf1dTzaQ02LL52S-spL-b04_O7tO6w Conservative Groups Urge President Trump To Protect Vapers from Flavored Product Ban]=== | ===2019 Oct 3 - [https://www.atr.org/conservative-groups-urge-president-trump-protect-vapers-flavored-product-ban?amp&fbclid=IwAR1yNMr9V5LxAmaBYFT7zoMoAFh2sXf1dTzaQ02LL52S-spL-b04_O7tO6w Conservative Groups Urge President Trump To Protect Vapers from Flavored Product Ban]=== | ||
*Billionaires like former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg have long attempted to curtail individual rights and consumer freedom in the United States. He has already committed nearly $1 billion to anti-tobacco efforts globally, in seeking to influence organizations like the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> and fund research that demonizes adult smokers and adult vapers. On September 10, he announced a $160 million push to ban flavored e-cigarettes in America. Given your administration’s historic accomplishments and deregulatory agenda, it would be a mistake to allow HHS and the FDA to take marching orders from activists like Mike Bloomberg. | *Billionaires like former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg have long attempted to curtail individual rights and consumer freedom in the United States. He has already committed nearly $1 billion to anti-tobacco efforts globally, in seeking to influence organizations like the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> and fund research that demonizes adult smokers and adult vapers. On September 10, he announced a $160 million push to ban flavored e-cigarettes in America. Given your administration’s historic accomplishments and deregulatory agenda, it would be a mistake to allow HHS and the FDA to take marching orders from activists like Mike Bloomberg. | ||
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==Vietnam== | ==Vietnam== | ||
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