Nicotine In Cigarettes And Smokeless Tobacco Products Is A Drug And These Products Are Nicotine Delivery Devices Under The Federal Food Drug And Cosmetic Act

Includes: background on nicotine pharmacology; corporate relationship between British-American Tobacco Co. and Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co.; FDA letters to tobacco manufacturers; bibliography of industry-funded research; marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the U.S.; citizen petitions and submitted comments; statements by David A. Kessler, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, on nicotine-containing cigarettes and on the control and manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes; and remarks by David A. Kessler, M.D., The Samuel Rubin Program, The Columbia University School of Law, March 8, 1995.

Tobacco use among youth and young adults in any form, including e-cigarettes, is not safe. In recent years, e-cigarette use by youth and young adults has increased at an alarming rate. E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in the United States. This timely report highlights the rapidly changing patterns of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults, assesses what we know about the health effects of using these products, and describes strategies that tobacco companies use to recruit our nation's youth and young adults to try and continue using e-cigarettes. The report also outlines interventions that can be adopted to minimize the harm these products cause to our nation's youth.E-cigarettes are tobacco products that deliver nicotine. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, and many of today's youth who are using e-cigarettes could become tomorrow's cigarette smokers. Nicotine exposure can also harm brain development in ways that may affect the health and mental health of our kids.E-cigarette use among youth and young adults is associated with the use of other tobacco products, including conventional cigarettes. Because most tobacco use is established during adolescence, actions to prevent our nation's young people from the potential of a lifetime of nicotine addiction are critical.E-cigarette companies appear to be using many of the advertising tactics the tobacco industry used to persuade a new generation of young people to use their products. Companies are promoting their products through television and radio advertisements that use celebrities, sexual content, and claims of independence to glamorize these addictive products and make them appealing to young people.