Matthew Myers is a founder of the highly influential Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), where he has served as president for over 20 years (here).
He claims to have “participated in virtually every major US tobacco-related legislative effort” and to have “led the effort that resulted in 2009 in the US Food and Drug Administration being given authority … over tobacco products.”
Myers and his organization are warriors for tobacco prohibition and staunch opponents of all forms of tobacco harm reduction (THR).
At a 2003 congressional hearing titled, “Can Tobacco Cure Smoking? A Review of Tobacco Harm Reduction,” witnesses included the U.S. Surgeon General, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Myers. David Sweanor and I testified in support of THR.
Interestingly, Myers actually endorsed THR in his testimony, with a caveat. He insisted that Congress “grant the Food and Drug Administration comprehensive regulatory authority over all tobacco products.
Brad Rodu – Tobacco Truth – 2022-06-23.
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