August 8, 2014

Stanton A. Glantz, PhD

Doonesbury figured out that big tobacco would benefit from OIRA's cost-benefit models 19 years ago


Submitted to FDA:
 
Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0189
 
August 8, 2014
 
FDA and OMB should put the public health first, as the law directs them to.
 
Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Professor and Director
 
The tracking number is 1jy-8dof-xl8c.
 
Thanks to Joel Dunnington for sending this around.

Comments

Comment: 

This one, from August 4, 1995, is especially relevant to the fact that the FDA's flawed cost-benefit analysis made it easier to sue over the warning label rule.
<img alt="" src="/sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/Doonesbury-sue.png" width="600" height="215" /;
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The comment I submitted (tracking number /sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/FDA-comment-Doonesbury-full-1jy-8doj-ohvd.pdf" target="_blank";1jy-8doj-ohvd with the /sites/g/files/tkssra4661/f/u9/Doonesbury%20by%20Garry%20Trudeau%20-%20Mr.%20Butts%20%26%20Regulatory%20Reform%2031-7%20-%205-8-95.pdf" target="_blank";whole series of comics) says, "Here is the full series.&nbsp; Doonesbury also predicted how the tobacco industry would use the FDA’s cost-benefit analysis to fight the graphic warning label rule in court."
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You can access the strip directly at these URLS:
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/07/31#.U-ULw_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/07/31#.U-ULw_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/01#.U-ULz_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/01#.U-ULz_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/02#.U-UMBfldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/02#.U-UMBfldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/03#.U-UMF_ldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/03#.U-UMF_ldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/04#.U-UMLPldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/04#.U-UMLPldWJo";http://www.g...
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/05#.U-UMWvldWJo" title="http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1995/08/05#.U-UMWvldWJo";http://www.g...
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I wonder if the FDA and White House realize just how silly they look.
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