Fda Call Is Live

[Christopher]

Here is the audio from the conference call that Vapor Talk sat in on today. Special thanks to JD over at Truesmoker.com!

Download Audio: http://vaportalk.com/FDA%20Call/

Listen Without Download: http://www.vaportalk.com/forum/forum/index.php?/topic/970-electronic-cigarettes-conference-call-with-the-fda/page__pid__5740__st__0&#entry5740

Who: The FDA, Vapor Talk, Suppliers and Major Media Outlets

What: FDA does conference call with major media outlets in regards to electronic cigarettes.

Further Information:

FDA MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: July 22, 2009

Contact: Siobhan DeLancey, ***, siobhan.delancey@fda.hhs.gov

** CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY **

WHAT:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Principal Deputy Commissioner and other public health experts will make an announcement on electronic cigarettes and other electronic cigarette products

WHO:

--Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., principal deputy commissioner, FDA

--Jonathan Winickoff, M.D., chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium

--Jonathan Samet, M.D., director, Institute for Global Health at the University of Southern California

-- Matthew McKenna, M.D., director, Office of Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Technical Expert:

--Michael Levy, division director, Office of Compliance, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA

WHEN:

Wed., July 22, 2009, 3 p.m. EDT

HOW:

Reporters can participate by calling *** *** ****. International callers will need to dial *** *** ****. The passcode is **** Please note that the line will be active at 2:30 p.m. and the FDA expects a heavy volume of calls. Reporters should call in no later than 2:45 p.m.

A replay of the briefing will be available one hour after the event ends until July 29, 2009. To hear the replay, callers in the United States and Canada can dial 800-731-6037. International callers can dial 203-369-3328.