CASAA Call to Action: The core mission of the FDA should be Public Health. Unfortunately, in a twisted desire to satisfy the Pharmaceutical Industry, Big Tobacco, build a bureaucratic power base, and enhance their own egos, Public Health always takes a back seat. These Public Workshops are a perfect example. The first Workshop is described as: “The workshop will include presentations and panel discussions about the current state of the science, and will focus on product science, packaging, constituent labeling, and environmental impacts” So number one on the list of the FDA Desk Murders is a Workshop focusing on the vaping details like juice, coils, bats, mods, etc. If you have ever wondered exactly what issues the FDA plans to regulate, this first Workshop is what we call in Vgeas “the tell”. Here are all the details. Not to mention these Workshops are being held after the FDA has already documented the regulations they want and closed the comment period. Only after the FDA has “stacked the deck” with their own biased selection of presenters which will further justify the final regulations, due they exhibit any interest in Public health via:
“FDA intends to follow this workshop with two additional electronic cigarette workshops, with one on individual health effects and one on population health effects.”
Saying this another way, it’s the cart before the horse. Another telling disclosure is that the FDA is only allowing one hour for “public comment” As per: “For those attending the workshop in person, FDA will hold an open comment session on the above listed topics on December 11, 2014 from approximately 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., during which comments from the public will be accepted.” Of course, that’s the day after the “stacked deck” of presenters have spoken.
Finally in an efort to enhance their “dog and pony show” the FDA says: “At the start of this first workshop in this series, FDA will announce via a Federal Register notice the establishment of a docket for submission of written comments. Regardless of attendance at the public workshops, interested persons will be invited to submit comments to the docket. The forthcoming Federal Register notice will provide information on how to submit comments. Please note that this docket will only pertain to this workshop. Comments submitted to the docket will not be added to other dockets, such as the docket for the proposed rule deeming additional tobacco products subject to the FD&C Act.” What effect could these comments possibly have since the Workshop has already started with the FDA’s own selection of biased presenters. Finally, would you purchase a stock or make an investment first and then after the fact investigate the company? This is “ass” backwards. First you determine the “problem/issue” via independent unbiased peer reviewed scientific evidence and then and only then you propose legislation to fix the issue if and only if your problem/issue needs fixing.
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