{"id":5921,"date":"2015-02-02T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-leads-senate-group-urging-fda-to-regulate-electronic-cigarettes\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:08","slug":"merkley-leads-senate-group-urging-fda-to-regulate-electronic-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-leads-senate-group-urging-fda-to-regulate-electronic-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley encabeza grupo del Senado que insta a la FDA a regular los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington DC<\/b> \u2013 Hoy, el Senador Jeff Merkley se uni\u00f3 a los Senadores Boxer (D-CA), Blumenthal (D-CT), Brown (D-OH), Durbin (D-IL), Markey (D-MA) para enviar una carta a Food y el Comisionado de la Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas (FDA) instando a la FDA a finalizar su plan para regular los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos. Los senadores se\u00f1alaron un nuevo estudio de investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Portland que determin\u00f3 que pueden estar presentes altos niveles de una forma oculta del carcin\u00f3geno formaldeh\u00eddo en el aerosol &quot;vapeado&quot; formado por los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos.<\/p>\n<p>El estudio subray\u00f3 que se sabe poco sobre los riesgos a corto y largo plazo asociados con los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos y que existe la necesidad de una regulaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA medida que la industria de los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos avanza a una velocidad vertiginosa para producir productos con voltajes m\u00e1s altos que pueden administrar dosis m\u00e1s altas de nicotina seg\u00fan el capricho del usuario, los peligros del formaldeh\u00eddo oculto aumentar\u00e1n, incluidos los riesgos de c\u00e1ncer\u201d, escribieron los Senadores. \u201cEste estudio otorga una nueva urgencia a la necesidad de que la Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas y Alimentos finalice sus regulaciones de consideraci\u00f3n, incluida la forma en que ejercer\u00e1 la autoridad para regular los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Los senadores tambi\u00e9n solicitaron una reuni\u00f3n con la comisionada de la FDA, Margaret Hamburg, para discutir el progreso de la FDA y recomendar que finalice las regulaciones antes del 25 de abril de 2015. La regla propuesta se emiti\u00f3 el 25 de abril de 2014, cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de la promulgaci\u00f3n de la Ley de Prevenci\u00f3n del Tabaquismo Familiar y Tabaco. Ley de control que otorg\u00f3 a la FDA la autoridad para regular los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Una copia de la carta se incluye a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>29 de enero de 2015<\/p>\n<p>margarita hamburgo<\/p>\n<p>Notario<\/p>\n<p>Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas y Alimentos de EE. UU.<\/p>\n<p>10903 Avenida de New Hampshire<\/p>\n<p>Silver Spring, MD 20993<\/p>\n<p>Estimado Comisario Hamburgo:<\/p>\n<p>Le escribimos para llamar su atenci\u00f3n sobre un nuevo estudio de formaldeh\u00eddo y vapores de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos, publicado como carta en la edici\u00f3n del 22 de enero de la <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Revista de medicina de Nueva Inglaterra.<\/span> El estudio, realizado por investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Portland, determin\u00f3 que pueden estar presentes altos niveles de una forma oculta de formaldeh\u00eddo en el aerosol &quot;vapeado&quot; formado por cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos en configuraciones de mayor potencia. Este estudio otorga una nueva urgencia a la necesidad de que la Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas y Alimentos finalice sus regulaciones de consideraci\u00f3n, incluida la forma en que ejercer\u00e1 la autoridad para regular los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos.<\/p>\n<p>El estudio analiza que el formaldeh\u00eddo formado durante el vapeo puede reaccionar con el propilenglicol o el glicerol que tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 presente para formar otros compuestos: los &quot;semiacetales&quot; a los que hace referencia el art\u00edculo. Si bien es posible que no se detecten como formaldeh\u00eddo en los vapores que se inhalan, cuando ingresan a los pulmones, pueden volver a descomponerse y producir formaldeh\u00eddo.<\/p>\n<p>El formaldeh\u00eddo es un carcin\u00f3geno conocido. El estudio encontr\u00f3 que el riesgo incremental de c\u00e1ncer de por vida debido al formaldeh\u00eddo del &quot;vapeo&quot; de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos a largo plazo podr\u00eda ser entre 5 y 15 veces mayor que el riesgo de formaldeh\u00eddo por fumar cigarrillos a largo plazo. Adem\u00e1s, aunque todav\u00eda se desconocen los efectos completos sobre la salud del formaldeh\u00eddo oculto, es probable que se deposite en los pulmones de manera m\u00e1s eficiente que el formaldeh\u00eddo gaseoso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A medida que la industria de los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos se mueve a una velocidad vertiginosa para producir productos con voltajes m\u00e1s altos que pueden administrar dosis m\u00e1s altas de nicotina seg\u00fan el capricho del usuario, los peligros del formaldeh\u00eddo oculto aumentar\u00e1n, incluidos los riesgos de c\u00e1ncer. Adem\u00e1s, no sabemos pr\u00e1cticamente nada acerca de los riesgos a corto y largo plazo asociados con la exposici\u00f3n a los vapores de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos &quot;de segunda mano&quot;: por todo lo que el vapor inhala, una parte sin duda se exhala.<\/p>\n<p>Este estudio es parte de un cuerpo de evidencia emergente sobre los efectos en la salud del uso de cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos y destaca lo poco que a\u00fan sabemos sobre los productos en s\u00ed. Sin el liderazgo de la FDA, los productos, las pr\u00e1cticas de fabricaci\u00f3n y la comercializaci\u00f3n seguir\u00e1n variando en formas que son potencialmente da\u00f1inas para los usuarios, especialmente para los j\u00f3venes cuyo uso se ha disparado en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Nos gustar\u00eda solicitar una reuni\u00f3n con usted lo antes posible para analizar el progreso y el cronograma de la FDA. A la luz de nuevos estudios como este, lo instamos nuevamente a finalizar las regulaciones antes del 25 de abril de 2015 y a implementar una pol\u00edtica de aplicaci\u00f3n estricta que proteja la salud p\u00fablica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Today, Senator Jeff Merkley joined with Senators Boxer (D-CA), Blumenthal (D-CT), Brown (D-OH), Durbin (D-IL), Markey (D-MA) to send a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner urging the FDA to finalize its plan for regulating e-cigarettes. 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