Google – AFP, 21 February 2014
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A sidewalk
stall displays packs of bidis for sale in New Delhi May 8, 2002
(AFP/File,
Prakash Singh)
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Washington
— US regulators Friday banned the sale and import of small cigarettes known as
bidis made by an Indian company, their first such action since being given
oversight of tobacco products in 2009.
Bidis are
small, hand-rolled cigarettes that contain tobacco wrapped in leaves from a
tendu tree, and may come in various flavors.
The move by
the US Food and Drug Administration applies to four varieties made by Jash
International, which an agency spokeswoman described to AFP as an Indian
company with headquarters in Illinois.
The ban
came about because the products were found to be substantially different from
existing tobacco products on the market as of 2007, and did not meet new
regulatory requirements, the FDA said.
"This
means they can no longer be sold or distributed in interstate commerce or
imported into the United States," the FDA said in a statement.
The order
applies to Sutra Bidis Red, Sutra Bidis Menthol, Sutra Bidis Red Cone, and
Sutra Bidis Menthol Cone.
Existing
inventory may be subject to seizure without further notice, the FDA said.
"Companies
that continue to sell and distribute these products in the United States may be
subject to enforcement actions by the FDA."
Jash
International did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.
The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that bidis contain higher levels
of nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide than conventional cigarettes.
"Smoke
from a bidi contains three to five times the amount of nicotine as a regular
cigarette and places users at risk for nicotine addiction," said the CDC
website.
Two percent
of high school students and 1.7 percent of middle school students smoke bidis,
according to a 2011 CDC survey.
The FDA was
granted authority to regulate tobacco products in 2009 as a result of the Tobacco
Control Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama.
The law is
aimed particularly at curbing smoking among young people.
"Historically,
tobacco companies controlled which products came on and off the market without
any oversight," said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for
Tobacco Products.
"But
the Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA, a science-based regulatory agency, the
authority to review applications and determine which new tobacco products may
be sold and distributed under the law in order to protect public health."
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“… The Shift in Human Nature
You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.
In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?
Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.
What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”
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