Replies to post #234 on 22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

[timorr]

Interesting article. first , I see no reason for the FDA to not act on the nicotine mandate . The general public once into Obama Care I believe will complain vigorously about having to help pay for smoking related illness . Also , if people want to smoke low nicotine cigarettes they don't need a FDA mandate to do that. I can envision tobacco companies offering true " light " cigarettes and being very sucessful . I understand the XXII business plan but I'm not quite sure I understand the importance of the FDA side of it since tobacco isn't produced under FDA rules and because big tobacco really doesn't have to be forced into adopting low nicotine cigarettes. They spent 300 milliom trying to produce it and failed.

[Justfactsmam]

So any predictions if and when the FDA will "choose" to regulate Nicotine?

"This data could be helpful to FDA in gauging public sentiment and tailoring its messaging if the agency chooses to move forward with such regulation," said Pearson.

Read more here: http://www.diigo.com/annotated/511f9e0f9c230a695cea9d1e55375420#storylink=cpy

[futurethr]

The Legacy Foundation? Seriously? They are one of the biggest anti-tobacco organizations around. Of course they are going to conduct a "study" in favor of a low nicotine mandate. How big was the study? Was it a "survey" of random folks, and if so, how many people were surveyed after being nudged into the "right" direction/answer? I'd be curious to know. A mandate such as what's being proposed here would accomplish nothing for public health while managing to make things worse by encouraging growth in what has already become a burgeoning black market. Smokers will suffer as a result. A more honest approach would be to acknowledge that most smokers would in fact prefer a higher nicotine/reduced risk cigarette, with a small segment of the smoker population being willing to try (not by mandate) a lowered nicotine cigarette. From what I understand, XXII is attempting to provide both, rather than one or the other.