Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
Committee Meeting on July 21, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and July 22, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: On the morning of July 21, 2011, the committee will discuss changes proposed by committee members to the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) Menthol Report submitted to the Agency on March 18, 2011. The committee will consider additional oral and written comments from the public on the Menthol Report and the proposed changes to the report, as submitted according to the instructions in the Procedure portion of this document. The committee will consider and deliberate on proposed changes to the report and adopt amendments that constitute the advice of the committee. Redacted versions of the document, reflecting the changes to the report proposed by the committee members, will be made available on the FDA Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/TobaccoProductsScientificAdvisoryCommittee/ucm237359.htm, no later than June 22, 2011. On the afternoon of July 21, 2011, and on July 22, 2011, the TPSAC will initiate discussions on the issue of the nature and impact of the use of dissolvable tobacco products on the public health. These discussions will begin the process for the TPSAC’s required report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the issue of the nature and impact of the use of dissolvable tobacco products on the public health, including such use among children. The final report should take into consideration the following: (1) The risks and benefits to the population as a whole, including users and nonusers of tobacco products; (2) the increased or decreased likelihood that existing users of tobacco products will stop using such products; and (3) the increased or decreased likelihood that those who do not use tobacco products will start using such products.