{"id":7130,"date":"2009-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-bill-targets-tobacco-candy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:47","slug":"merkley-bill-targets-tobacco-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-bill-targets-tobacco-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"El proyecto de ley de Merkley apunta a los dulces de tabaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 La legislaci\u00f3n que el Senado est\u00e1 considerando para regular los productos de tabaco bajo la Administraci\u00f3n de Drogas y Alimentos incluye una medida que ordenar\u00eda el estudio de un nuevo producto: caramelos de tabaco.<\/p>\n<p>Fabricado por RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., el Camel Orb, similar a una pastilla, se est\u00e1 comercializando como prueba en Portland, Oregon, Indian\u00e1polis y Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>El Orb es parte de un mercado en auge en alternativas sin humo a los cigarrillos que ha surgido a medida que las prohibiciones de fumar se han extendido por todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>Una enmienda a la legislaci\u00f3n sobre el tabaco aprobada recientemente por un panel del Senado requerir\u00eda 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, particularmente los riesgos para los ni\u00f1os, e informe sus hallazgos a la Administraci\u00f3n de Alimentos y Medicamentos dentro de dos a\u00f1os. .<\/p>\n<p>Los orbes vienen en dos sabores, menta &quot;suave&quot; y &quot;fresca&quot;, y se venden en contenedores dise\u00f1ados para parecerse a tel\u00e9fonos celulares, seg\u00fan una declaraci\u00f3n del senador Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., quien ayud\u00f3 a redactar la enmienda.<\/p>\n<p>El Centro de Control de Envenenamiento de Indiana estima que los productos de tabaco solubles como los dulces de tabaco contienen de la mitad a tres veces la nicotina de un cigarrillo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos caramelos de tabaco est\u00e1n claramente dise\u00f1ados para atraer a los ni\u00f1os tanto a trav\u00e9s del empaque como del sabor\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEl Congreso y la FDA deben actuar r\u00e1pidamente para garantizar que nuestros ni\u00f1os no se conviertan en v\u00edctimas de los \u00faltimos esfuerzos de las compa\u00f1\u00edas tabacaleras para enganchar a las nuevas generaciones de estadounidenses con productos mortales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Javascript:openWin('http:\/\/www.statesmanjournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2009905210336');\"><strong>Leer m\u00e1s -&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Legislation the Senate is considering to regulate tobacco products under the Food and Drug Administration includes a measure that would mandate the study of a new product: tobacco candy. 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