AACR, ASCO Urge FDA to Move on E-Cig Regulations
From: MedPageToday
A report from the two organizations includes almost a dozen recommendations to balance potential harms, benefits.
The nation’s two largest organizations of cancer specialists have urged the FDA to develop and implement regulations as soon as possible for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes.
Although ENDS offer potential smoking-cessation benefits, the devices “may also be harmful, particularly to youth, if they increase the likelihood that nonsmokers or former smokers will use combustible tobacco products or if they discourage smokers from quitting,” according to a report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
AACR and ASCO “recognize the potential ENDS have to alter patterns of tobacco use and affect the public’s health; however, definitive data are lacking.”