SPAKs findings suggest that the network operated across multiple jurisdictions, routinely exploited corrupt state structures and had direct access to lucrative illicit markets in Western Europe
Research has identified hydroperoxides of linalool and D-limonene, oxidized forms commonly found in scented products and some topical CBD items, as triggers for contact allergies
In contrast to the 1992-93 to 2006-07 period where smoking prevalence statistically decreased in 35 states in men and 31 states in women, smoking prevalence from 1998-99 to 2006-07 significantly decreased in 14 states in men and 19 states in women, with 5 of these states in men and 4 in women located in the North East (Additional File 2, Table S2)
If the FDA, now headed by Biden appointee and acting commissioner Janet Woodcock, again fails to act, Congress could step up and pass legislation to take mentholated tobacco products off the market, as Canada and the European Union have already done
Law enforcement efforts will therefore be targeted disproportionately at those same communitieseven more than is already the case