How does CTP regulate tobacco? | Micah Berman

 The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) was created in 2009 to regulate tobacco products. Micah Berman worked at CTP from 2011-2012. He discusses the CTP's evolution in the past decade and shares insights from his recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine. We discussed the following: When was Micah a part of CTP? - 0:58 - 1:27 What was the vision behind CTP's creation? - 1:35 - 4:48 What caused CTP to be created? / The background of how CTP was established – 5:07 – 12: 33 What was the reasoning behind the tobacco industry's move to be regulated by the FDA? – 12:35 – 17:16 What challenges did the FDA and CTP encounter when they first started regulating cigarettes, and how does the situation compare in 2023? – 17:17 – 25:19 Can the FDA shut down the entire tobacco industry? – 25:20 – 27: 30 How can the FDA, with its authority over tobacco product regulation, improve public health? – 27:31– 29:33 Micah talks about his article: 29:33 – 34:50 What should the FDA focus on while regulating tobacco products/cigarettes? – 34:57 – 40:08 Support the show

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