Opinion
Safer tobacco product available, but feds slow to offer a light
What if a product could save lives and millions in health-care costs? Imagine that product had undergone extensive tests and trials providing undisputed data showing it was safe. But what if a government agency with an anti-tobacco agenda from a previous administration made that product unavailable? It’s happening now, as the Food and Drug Administration considers an application for a modified risk tobacco product submitted by...
