Monday, January 20, 2014

Problems with Tobacco Products? Tell FDA

Are you using a tobacco product that you believe is defective or is causing an unexpected health problem?
Are you using a tobacco product that has a strange taste or smell?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to hear from you and has a new online tool you can use to report your problem. Classic Blue cigarettes.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) has been revised to add a new category for tobacco products. This update provides a standardized way for consumers and health care professionals to let FDA know when they suspect that there is an unexpected health or safety issue with a specific tobacco product.
Until now, consumers reported problems with tobacco products to FDA through MedWatch, the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, a system that does not ask questions specific to tobacco products.
"There is no known safe tobacco product, but FDA can play a role in helping prevent certain unexpected health consequences from tobacco products, such as those that occur from defective tobacco products, or health or safety problems beyond those normally associated with tobacco product use," says Ii-Lun Chen, M.D., medical branch chief in the Office of Science at FDA's Center for Tobacco Products.

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