Legacy on Menthol
Aug 7, 2010
Periodically, CRE will highlight a comment sent to a regulatory docket.
In this instance we are highlighting comments made by the Legacy Foundation to CTR, see the attachment.
With respect to menthol, Legacy states that menthol is a starter product for youth(pg. 16).
Virtually no scientific information is presented in support of this claim.
The TPSAC proceeding is aimed at addressing this issue. In this regard see the CRE analysis of the Hersey studied often quoted by FDA which is available at http://www.thecre.com/scur/?p=35
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