OMB Reviewing FDA Proposed Rule On Graphic Warnings For Cigarettes

The White House budget office is reviewing FDA’s proposed rule that would require color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany textual warning statements on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements. FDA sent the judicially-mandated rule, which is marked as economically significant, to the budget office Monday (June 24). A federal court in March ordered FDA to issue the proposed rule by Aug. 15, 2019, and a final rule by March 15, 2020, after multiple public health...