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Tobacco Control 2004;13:439-441; doi:10.1136/tc.2004.009969
Copyright © 2004 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Tobacco Control 2004;13:439-441
© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Debate

FDA REGULATION

FDA REGULATION

Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

M Siegel

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Michael Siegel
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, TW2, Boston, MA 02118, USA; mbsiegel@bu.edu

Keywords: Food and Drug Administration; FDA

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There are two essential elements of a policy analysis: (1) it should provide an accounting of all harms and benefits of a proposed policy and then weigh these harms and benefits1–3; and (2) it should be evidence based—it should assess the likelihood of policy effects not from the perspective of what could happen based on hypothetical considerations or pure speculation, but on documented effects or theoretical or conceptual research.1–3

Any analysis that fails to identify both harms and benefits of a policy, fails to weigh these in drawing its overall conclusion, or is not evidence based, is likely to be flawed and highly subject to bias. Thus, my approach here is to provide an accounting of the harms and benefits of the US Senate Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Bill, using an evidence based approach to assess the likely policy effects.

PROVISIONS OF BILL FOR WHICH THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PUBLIC HEALTH

Strengthening of warning labels

For only one provision of the . . . [Full text of this article]


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