March 27, 2014. The Surgeon General’s conclusion that the increased risk of lung cancer to smokers is due to changes in cigarette design and composition has critical implications for FDA’s regulation of tobacco products.
To view letter, click here. February 19, 2014 The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 120F Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Sebelius: We are writing to ask your Department to clearly define a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit in the Affordable Care Act regulations or, […]
As organizations committed to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States, we applaud the bold decision by CVS Caremark to eliminate the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in all its stores.
April 1, 2014. The responsibility of collecting sufficiently representative demographic subgroup data sits solely on the shoulders of device and drug companies. The companies know how to persuade – they do it everyday in commercials. Similarly, if they identify persuasive incentives for patients to participate in studies, and minimize disincentives, patients will participate and be available for follow-up.
To view invitation as PDF, click here. The National Research Center for Women & Families Cordially Invites You to Our 2014 Foremother Awards and Health Policy Hero Luncheon Friday, May 9, 2014 at Noon The Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Join ABC7/WJLA’s Maureen Bunyan, our Mistress of Ceremonies, on May 9th, the Friday before […]