Tag: FDA

Trump calls for ending FDA authority for regulating tobacco

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

President Trump has proposed removing the Food and Drug Administration’s responsibility for tobacco regulation in his latest budget request, an ask likely to be met with backlash from tobacco control advocates.
— Read on www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-calls-for-ending-fda-authority-for-regulating-tobacco

“The budget request, released Monday, calls for creating an entirely new agency nested under the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.”

Food is freedom: how Washington’s food subsidies have helped make Americans fat and sick

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Farm subsidies are perhaps the ultimate, but secret, third rail of American politics. While entitlements are discussed out in the open, farm subsidies are rarely talked about – even though they are the most expensive subsidy Washington doles out.
— Read on www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/health-healing/food-is-freedom-how-washington-s-food-subsidies-have-helped-make-americans-fat-and-sick