{"id":6625,"date":"2010-10-27T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-urges-oregonians-to-share-concerns-over-tobacco-candy-with-fda\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:06","slug":"merkley-urges-oregonians-to-share-concerns-over-tobacco-candy-with-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-urges-oregonians-to-share-concerns-over-tobacco-candy-with-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley insta a los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n a compartir sus preocupaciones sobre los caramelos de tabaco con la FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>Portland, Oreg\u00f3n \u2013<\/strong> La Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas y Alimentos de EE. UU. (FDA) abri\u00f3 esta semana un per\u00edodo de comentarios de 60 d\u00edas sobre los productos de caramelo de tabaco solubles. El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, inst\u00f3 a los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n a enviar sus historias y opiniones relacionadas con la venta, distribuci\u00f3n y uso de caramelos de tabaco a la FDA. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLos dulces de tabaco representan dos amenazas importantes para nuestros ni\u00f1os\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEn primer lugar, estos productos est\u00e1n dise\u00f1ados para enganchar a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de estadounidenses en la adicci\u00f3n a la nicotina, poniendo en peligro la salud de los j\u00f3venes por el resto de sus vidas. De hecho, el tabaco provoca m\u00e1s de 443.000 muertes cada a\u00f1o. Y segundo, en raras ocasiones, estos dulces pueden representar una seria amenaza de envenenamiento si los ingieren ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. Si le preocupa la forma en que se comercializan estos dulces de tabaco para nuestros ni\u00f1os, ahora es el momento de hacer o\u00edr su voz\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>En junio de 2009, el Congreso aprob\u00f3 la Ley de Control del Tabaco y Prevenci\u00f3n del Tabaquismo Familiar, que permite a la FDA regular los productos de tabaco por primera vez. Una disposici\u00f3n del proyecto de ley escrito por Merkley y el senador Sherrod Brown (D-OH) requiere que el nuevo Comit\u00e9 Asesor Cient\u00edfico de Productos de Tabaco estudie los efectos de los dulces de tabaco en la salud p\u00fablica e informe a la FDA sobre sus hallazgos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n pueden compartir sus historias en el sitio web de Regulations.gov en: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b766c4\">http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b766c4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>La fecha l\u00edmite para enviar comentarios es el 27 de diciembre de 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Los productos de dulces de tabaco est\u00e1n dise\u00f1ados para atraer a los ni\u00f1os. Est\u00e1n hechos de tabaco soluble y se asemejan a mentas para el aliento y otros dulces y vienen en sabores como menta y caramelo. Un estudio publicado en la revista m\u00e9dica Pediatrics en abril de 2010 mostr\u00f3 que los productos de tabaco solubles, incluidos Camel Orbs, Sticks and Strips, pueden envenenar y, en \u00faltima instancia, causar la muerte en los ni\u00f1os.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ya ha habido un caso confirmado de un ni\u00f1o de 3 a\u00f1os en Oreg\u00f3n que ingiri\u00f3 Camel Orbs, una peque\u00f1a bolita de tabaco comprimido.<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp; Seg\u00fan uno de los autores<strong>,<\/strong> un solo Orb puede contener aproximadamente 1 miligramo de nicotina aproximadamente igual a la cantidad de un cigarrillo t\u00edpico y suficiente para enfermar a un ni\u00f1o peque\u00f1o. Ingerir un pu\u00f1ado de gr\u00e1nulos podr\u00eda ser letal.<\/p>\n<p>Como parte del proceso de recopilaci\u00f3n de informaci\u00f3n de la FDA, las empresas tabacaleras presentar\u00e1n sus propios documentos e investigaciones.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland, OR &ndash; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week opened a 60-day comment period on dissolvable tobacco candy products.&nbsp; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley urged Oregonians to submit their stories and opinions relating to the sale, distribution, and use of tobacco candy to the FDA. &nbsp; &ldquo;Tobacco candy poses two significant threats to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37,47],"class_list":["post-6625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Urges Oregonians to Share Concerns Over Tobacco Candy with FDA - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-urges-oregonians-to-share-concerns-over-tobacco-candy-with-fda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Urges Oregonians to Share Concerns Over Tobacco Candy with FDA - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Portland, OR &ndash; 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