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U.S. House panel asks e-cigarette companies to cease advertising

FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vaping product in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel sent letters to four e-cigarette companies asking them to stop all print, broadcast and digital advertising of their products in the United States, the same… Read More »

White House Moves to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

Statement, CDC, Sept.11, 2019. CDC: “Outbreak of Lung Illness Associated with Using E-cigarette Products.” News release, FDA, Sept. 11, 2019. Statement, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Sept. 11, 2019. Ted Kwong, spokesman, JUUL Labs. News release, JUUL, Aug. 29, 2019. Statement, Vapor Technology Association, Sept. 11, 2019. Megan Arendt, spokesperson, Action on Smoking & Health.… Read More »

Exclusive: White House preparing order that would cut drug prices for Medicare – sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would cut prices on virtually all branded prescription drugs sold to Medicare and other government programs, according to two industry sources who had discussions with the White House. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist refills a container in a drug dispensing machine… Read More »

Putting GOP in tough spot, Dems have House counsel intervene in Obamacare lawsuit

House Democrats approved a resolution Wednesday to have the chamber’s counsel defend Obamacare in a legal case seeking to undo it, a move intended to underscore Republican actions to gut the healthcare law. The resolution, called the Restoring Congress for the People Resolution, passed 235-192, with three Republicans voting in favor. It affirms the counsel’s… Read More »