Gottlieb's tweets on FDA nicotine reduction... past few hours... something coming soon?:
"The question of if FDA should regulate tobacco was resolved by Congress a decade ago and it’s one of FDA’s most important public health missions. Continuing to drive down smoking rates and reverse youth ecig use must remain top priority for FDA and broader public health community."
"One of my most important acts was the comprehensive plan we unveiled to reduce nicotine in combustible products to accelerate declines in smoking."
"The regulation of tobacco products was one of the most productive uses of my time as FDA Commissioner. There was perhaps no more impactful public health effort I was able to dedicate myself to than trying to reduce smoking rates. I’m proud of FDA’s continued role in this mission."
"Safety must be the first principle. And appropriate claims grounded in science. CBD is not safe and has largely unproven benefits outside a small subset of very carefully studied indications. The vast majority of claims being made by illegal producers will never be substantiated."
"FDA can start with supplements and put burden on producers to prove CBD safety at very low levels while ensuring manufacturing standards, purity, minimum levels of active ingredient during a transition period of enforcement discretion - and sweep market of non compliant products."
"CBD hype has outpaced science. And there are risks. But with use widespread, the question is whether FDA can help oversee quality, purity, potency and help prevent third rate purveyors from flooding market with shoddy products outside regulatory purview."
