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Tobacco study points finger: Changing addiction with no public knowledge
William Atkins
Sunday, 21 June 2009 19:28
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A study made by the Harvard School of Public Health states that tobacco companies make major changes in the design of cigarettes, all without informing the public. Its authors state that the FDA should require complete disclosure from the tobacco industry of such changes in the future.Scientists at the Tobacco Control Research Program (TCRP), part of the Harvard School of Public Health, conducted a study that shows “… tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guidelines.” [Harvard School of Public Health: “Based on New Study, Tobacco Control Researchers Call on FDA to Require Complete Disclosure from Tobacco Companies of Changes Made to Cigarettes”]
The Harvard press release goes on to say that tobacco companies did not make consumers aware of these design changes, how tobacco products have been altered over the years, and what affect these alterations would have on addiction levels or the amount of harm it might do to users.
Consequently, these Harvard researchers are calling for the Food and Drug Adminstration, which has recently been granted, by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, the ability to control tobacco products, to require “complete disclosure from tobacco companies of changes made to cigarettes.”
Greg Connolly, director of TCRP at HSPH, stated, “I hope the FDA requires disclosure of any changes made to tobacco products and that the changes are disallowed if shown to increase appeal, addiction and harm.” [Harvard]
The research article that summarizes their work has been published in the Online First section of the Journal of Tobacco Control.
The article is entitled “Regulatory assessment of brand changes in the commercial tobacco product market” and its authors are Geoffrey Ferris Wayne and Greg Connolly, both from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
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