WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 A medida que se cumpli\u00f3 el sexto aniversario de la Ley de Prevenci\u00f3n del Tabaquismo Familiar y Control del Tabaco esta semana, en una nueva carta implacable, nueve senadores estadounidenses criticaron el fracaso de la Administraci\u00f3n Obama para finalizar las regulaciones contra el tabaco, calificando las demoras como \u201cinaceptables\u201d y se\u00f1alar que el uso de nuevos productos de tabaco por parte de los j\u00f3venes est\u00e1 aumentando a medida que la Administraci\u00f3n se sienta en las nuevas reglas.<\/p>\n
Las regulaciones, conocidas como la "regla de consideraci\u00f3n del tabaco", establecer\u00edan importantes regulaciones federales, como restricciones a las ventas a menores, para cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos y otras formas de tabaco y productos de nicotina actualmente no reguladas.<\/p>\n
En una carta a la secretaria de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Sylvia Burwell, y al director de la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n y Presupuesto, Shaun Donovan, los senadores Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D -CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI) y Chuck Schumer (D-NY) se\u00f1alaron que el la tasa de uso de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos se triplic\u00f3 recientemente entre los estudiantes de secundaria en solo un a\u00f1o, sin embargo, la Administraci\u00f3n no tom\u00f3 medidas para finalizar la regla, cuyo borrador se public\u00f3 hace m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cLa continua demora ha puesto en riesgo la salud de la juventud estadounidense, ya que cada d\u00eda que la Administraci\u00f3n demora, m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes estadounidenses comienzan a usar productos de tabaco actualmente no regulados, como los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos\u201d, escribieron los senadores. \u201cMientras tanto, las compa\u00f1\u00edas de tabaco y cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos contin\u00faan desarrollando todo tipo de productos nuevos e innovadores, muchos con sabores de dulces y frutas para atraer y, en \u00faltima instancia, volver adictos a la juventud estadounidense\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cEstos retrasos inaceptables deben llegar a su fin\u201d, escribieron.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Los Senadores tambi\u00e9n instaron a la Administraci\u00f3n a hacer que la regla finalizada sea lo m\u00e1s fuerte posible al prohibir expl\u00edcitamente el uso de saborizantes y mercadeo para atraer a los ni\u00f1os, y al asegurar que la fecha de \u201cabuelo\u201d no se mueva del 15 de febrero de 2007. Una disposici\u00f3n recientemente insertado en un proyecto de ley de Asignaciones de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de EE. UU. cambiar\u00eda la fecha anterior para eximir a los productos actualmente en el mercado de las revisiones de seguridad de la FDA, lo que efectivamente crear\u00eda una gran laguna en la que los productos no regulados que ingresan al mercado antes de que finalice la regla de consideraci\u00f3n estar\u00edan exentos para siempre de las revisiones para garantizar que los productos sean seguros de usar.<\/p>\n
El texto completo de la carta sigue a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
\nEstimado Secretario Burwell y Director Donovan:<\/p>\n
Le escribimos para expresar nuestra profunda preocupaci\u00f3n y frustraci\u00f3n con lo que ahora han sido a\u00f1os de retraso, y para instar al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los EE. UU. (HHS) y a la Oficina de Informaci\u00f3n y Asuntos Regulatorios (OIRA) de la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n y Presupuesto a que acelerar su revisi\u00f3n de la regla final de consideraci\u00f3n del tabaco de la Administraci\u00f3n de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA).<\/p>\n
Han pasado seis a\u00f1os desde que se promulg\u00f3 la Ley de Control del Tabaco y Prevenci\u00f3n del Tabaquismo en la Familia. Una de sus principales disposiciones fue autorizar a la FDA a tomar autoridad sobre toda la gama de productos de tabaco y, sin embargo, la Administraci\u00f3n ni siquiera ha dado el paso m\u00e1s b\u00e1sico, finalizar las regulaciones de consideraci\u00f3n del tabaco, que iniciar\u00eda ese proceso. El continuo retraso ha puesto en riesgo la salud de la juventud estadounidense, ya que cada d\u00eda que la Administraci\u00f3n retrasa, m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes estadounidenses comienzan a usar productos de tabaco actualmente no regulados, como los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos.<\/p>\n
Seg\u00fan la Encuesta nacional sobre el tabaquismo en j\u00f3venes de 2014 de los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) publicada en abril, el uso de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos entre estudiantes de secundaria se triplic\u00f3 en el \u00faltimo a\u00f1o, del 4,5 % en 2013 al 13,4 % en 2014. Eso significa en solo un a\u00f1o del retraso de la Administraci\u00f3n, aproximadamente 1 mill\u00f3n de estudiantes de secundaria comenzaron a usar cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos. Y eso fue hace un a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
Mientras tanto, las compa\u00f1\u00edas de tabaco y cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos contin\u00faan desarrollando todo tipo de productos nuevos e innovadores, muchos con sabores de dulces y frutas para atraer y, en \u00faltima instancia, volver adictos a la juventud estadounidense.<\/p>\n
Es importante tener en cuenta que esta regla es solo la regla de estimaci\u00f3n. Si se finaliza tal como est\u00e1 redactado, la FDA tendr\u00e1 que participar en una mayor elaboraci\u00f3n de normas para instituir protecciones de salud p\u00fablica cr\u00edticas para los nuevos productos de tabaco, incluidos los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos, como poner l\u00edmites a la publicidad y exigir advertencias sanitarias en los productos.<\/p>\n
Por esa raz\u00f3n, lo instamos a que haga que la regla de estimaci\u00f3n final sea lo m\u00e1s protectora posible. La regla debe otorgar autoridad a la FDA sobre todos los productos de tabaco, incluidos los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos y los cigarros, y debe prohibir expl\u00edcitamente el uso de saborizantes y mercadeo que atraigan a los ni\u00f1os y exigir el empaque de l\u00edquidos electr\u00f3nicos a prueba de ni\u00f1os (nicotina l\u00edquida). Tambi\u00e9n instamos a que la regla final no cambie la \u201cfecha de antig\u00fcedad\u201d para nuevos productos (establecida el 15 de febrero de 2007). Alterar esta fecha de antig\u00fcedad eximir\u00eda a una amplia gama de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos y productos relacionados de cualquier revisi\u00f3n previa a la comercializaci\u00f3n para determinar si constituyen amenazas para la salud p\u00fablica.<\/p>\n
Es fundamental que el HHS y la OMB, en cooperaci\u00f3n con la FDA y la Administraci\u00f3n, tomen medidas inmediatas para finalizar la regla de consideraci\u00f3n del tabaco para reducir los efectos nocivos del tabaco en la salud p\u00fablica, y especialmente en la salud de los j\u00f3venes estadounidenses. Estos retrasos inaceptables deben llegar a su fin.<\/p>\n
Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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