US FDA CTP - January 2025 Reactions

Reduced-nicotine rule and MGO for ZYN

It has been a busy week for those who follow nicotine regulations in the United States! Below are statements, comments, or reactions to the proposed reduced-nicotine rule and the marketing orders granted to ZYN.

Please let me know if you know of any comments I need to include. I expect we’ll see more statements next week.

Note: I will update this after it is published. You can find those edits by looking for “*NEW*” before the entry. I’ve been asked to compile quotes from news articles, and I will do that in a “Part Two” post.

Health Groups & Non-Profit Funders

Action on Smoking & Health ASH

• Statements on FDA’s Proposed Rule to Limit Nicotine in Cigarettes.

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

• ACS CAN Applauds FDA Proposed Rule to Reduce Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes

American Heart Association

• FDA proposes landmark nicotine limit in cigarettes and certain other combustible tobacco products.

American Lung Association

• American Lung Association Applauds Proposal to Reduce Nicotine in Cigarettes and Other Products; Urges FDA To Include All Tobacco.

• American Lung Association Statement to the New Presidential Administration.

• American Lung Association: FDA’s Authorization of Flavored Zyn is a Gift to Big Tobacco.

Bloomberg

• Tweet Dr. Kelly Henning Reduced Nicotine Rule

• Tweet Dr. Kelly Henning ZYN

GA - Global Action to End Smoking

• FDAs Proposed Nicotine Reduction Rule: A Vital Step with More Needed | Cliff Douglas

Consumer and Other Advocacy Organizations (Support THR)

Consumer and Other Advocacy Organizations (Oppose THR or Primarily Youth Focused)

CTFK - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

• FDA’s Proposed Rule to Limit Nicotine in Cigarettes Would Save Millions of Lives – It Should be Finalized and Implemented. (Tweet)

• FDA Authorization of Flavored Zyn Products Ignores Appeal to Kids and Risks Another Juul. (Tweet)

PAVe - Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes

• Tweet ZYN and Tweet more Zyn

Truth Initiative

• Proposal to Lower Nicotine Levels Represents Historic Step Forward for Public Health (Tweet)

• Ensuring Youth Protection and Supporting Adult Access: The Public Health Imperative of FDA’s Zyn Authorization.

Politicians and Government Agencies/Representatives

Danielle Carnival

• Statement from Deputy Assistant to the President for the Cancer Moonshot and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Deputy Director for Health Outcomes Danielle Carnival on FDA’s Proposed Nicotine Rule

U.S. Congressman Frank Palline, Jr.

• Pallone Hails FDA’s Proposed Nicotine Product Standard

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal

• Blumenthal Statement on Proposed FDA Rule to Limit Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes

Think Tanks

Industry, Consultants, and Trade Organizations

22nd Century

• FDA Publishes Proposed New Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield, Citing VLN from 22nd Century as the Only Combustible Cigarette That Complies with the New Standard

Broughton

• *NEW* Broughton Welcomes FDA Authorization of ZYN Nicotine Pouches.

JUUL

• JUUL LABS’ STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED RULE TO CAP NICOTINE IN CIGARETTES

PMI

• *NEW* FDA Authorizes All ZYN Nicotine Pouch Products Currently Marketed by Swedish Match in the U.S.

Until next time…