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On April 28, a broad consortium of 31 organizations from the American Lung Association and American Academy of Pediatrics to the United Methodist Church sent an open letter to President Obama asking him to light a fire under the FDA about regulation of e-cigarettes and other unregulated tobacco products

Earlier this year I was interviewed for the American College of Chest Physicians as part of their interest in supporting physician advocacy, and we talked about making invisible problems visible

Most immediately, Congress must reject proposals, included in recent House appropriations bills, to slash funding for the CDCs tobacco prevention and cessation programs by more than half and greatly weaken FDA oversight of e-cigarettes and cigars, including many sweet-flavored products that have proven highly popular with kids

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Altria discharged 999 lb of phosphorus in wastewater, and 17 000 lb of nitrogen, according to their 2014 CSR Report (Altria 2015)