The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to consider an appropriations bill to fund the Department of Agriculture, FDA, and other related agencies for FY2024. The bill includes several provisions that would keep FDA from fulfilling its duty to protect public health and threaten its efforts to combat the harmful impacts of tobacco.
Smokers with myelodysplastic syndromes or a precursor condition had elevated levels of genetic mutations linked to the disease, a new study shows. The study also found that heavier smokers accumulated more mutations, and long-term smokers were more likely to show disease progression.
