ALF Policy Would Result in Hundreds of Thousands of Ex-Smokers Returning to Cigarette Smoking, Aiding Big Tobacco
The American Legacy Foundation has joined the list of anti-smoking organizations which are pushing for the prohibition of the sale and marketing of electronic cigarettes. The Foundation has released a policy statement, which calls for the FDA to pull e-cigarettes off the market because Legacy claims that these products are not known to be “safe and effective.”
According to the policy statement: “The FDA should take electronic cigarettes off the market until it is satisfied that they are safe and effective.” Given that the average time it takes for drug companies to conduct clinical trials and demonstrate the safety and efficacy of their products is about 8 years, this would mean the removal of electronic cigarettes from the market for about 8 years.
The American Legacy Foundation expressed concern that “the FDA detected carcinogens, including nitrosamines. In other words, these analyses showed that the tested products contained detectable levels of known carcinogens and toxic chemicals.”
