Tuesday, June 30, 2009
FDA tobacco law, late HIV/AIDS testing named "Best, Worst Prevention Ideas fo the Week"
Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 3:21 PMThe signing of a law giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco was named Partnership for Prevention's "Best Prevention Idea of the Week," while the national trend of people waiting too long to be tested for HIV/AIDS was named the "Worst Prevention Idea of the week."The Best/Worst Idea awards are a regular feature of Prevention Matters, the blog of Partnership for Prevention. Each week, Partnership for Prevention's staff will choose the designees based on nominations of items in the previous week's news submitted by members, staff and the public at large. To submit a nomination or for more information, contact Damon Thompson at dthompson@prevent.org.
BEST
Obama Signs Tobacco Regulation Bill into Law http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090622/pl_mcclatchy/3257729

The law gives the Food and Drug Administration broad authority to regulate the marketing and manufacture of tobacco products. It bans fruit- and spice-flavored cigarettes, slaps expansive new warnings on packages and gets rid of the monikers "light" and "low-tar."
It also allows the FDA to order manufacturers to reduce — though not eliminate — the amount of the addictive chemical nicotine that's in cigarettes.
WORST
HIV testing in U.S. often performed late
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE55O6L420090625?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE55O6L420090625?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews

Labels: best/worst, FDA, HIV/AIDS, smoking, tobacco
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