{"id":2076,"date":"2022-07-25T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-express-support-for-fdas-proposed-life-saving-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:04:57","slug":"wyden-merkley-colleagues-express-support-for-fdas-proposed-life-saving-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-express-support-for-fdas-proposed-life-saving-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley y sus colegas expresan su apoyo a la propuesta de la FDA de prohibir los cigarrillos mentolados y los cigarros con sabor para salvar vidas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Washington DC<\/i><\/b> \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley se unieron hoy a sus colegas del Senado para expresar su apoyo a las normas propuestas por la Administraci\u00f3n de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) que prohibir\u00edan el mentol en los cigarrillos y los puros saborizados. El mentol adormece la garganta y mitiga la aspereza del humo del tabaco, lo que hace que los cigarrillos mentolados sean m\u00e1s atractivos para los j\u00f3venes y las personas que comienzan a fumar.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cAl aumentar el tabaquismo entre los j\u00f3venes y hacer que dejar de fumar sea m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil, los cigarrillos mentolados han magnificado los da\u00f1os del tabaquismo a la salud p\u00fablica. Entre 1980 y 2018, los cigarrillos mentolados fueron responsables de 10,1 millones de fumadores adicionales y 378.000 muertes prematuras en los Estados Unidos\u201d.<\/b> escribieron los senadores en una carta al comisionado de la FDA, Robert M. Califf. <b>&quot;Aplaudimos a la FDA por emitir estas reglas propuestas y nos complace ver que la agencia utiliza la autoridad regulatoria que le otorg\u00f3 el Congreso para reducir las muertes y enfermedades causadas por los productos de tabaco&quot;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p> <b>&quot;Este enfoque cuidadoso es la raz\u00f3n por la que una amplia coalici\u00f3n, que incluye destacados grupos de derechos civiles y de salud p\u00fablica, apoya la acci\u00f3n de la FDA para eliminar los productos de tabaco mentolados del mercado&quot;.<\/b>&nbsp;continuaron los senadores.&nbsp;<b>&quot;Le instamos a que act\u00fae con prontitud para considerar los comentarios p\u00fablicos, finalizar la norma e implementarla para que estos requisitos para salvar vidas entren en vigor lo antes posible&quot;.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La carta fue encabezada por el senador estadounidense Edward J. Markey, dem\u00f3crata por Massachusetts. Adem\u00e1s de Wyden y Merkley, a la carta se unieron los senadores estadounidenses Patty Murray, dem\u00f3crata por Washington, Sheldon Whitehouse, RD.I., Richard Durbin, dem\u00f3crata por Illinois. ., Richard Blumenthal, dem\u00f3crata por Connecticut, Chris Van Hollen, dem\u00f3crata por Maryland, Elizabeth Warren, dem\u00f3crata por Massachusetts, Maggie Hassan, DN.H., Jack Reed, RD.I., Sherrod Brown, dem\u00f3crata por Ohio, Ben Cardin, dem\u00f3crata por Maryland, Tina Smith, dem\u00f3crata por Minnesota, Tammy Baldwin, dem\u00f3crata por Wisconsin, Tammy Duckworth, dem\u00f3crata por Illinois, Dianne Feinstein, dem\u00f3crata por California y Alex Padilla, dem\u00f3crata por California.<\/p>\n<p>El texto de la carta es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_from_senators_-_fda_comment_on_menthol_proposed_rules.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Una versi\u00f3n web de este comunicado es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-express-support-for-fdas-proposed-life-saving-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars_\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to express support for the Food and Drug Administration&rsquo;s (FDA) proposed rules that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars. 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