Karen Knudsen recently shared a post by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network on X/Twitter, adding:

“I am deeply disappointed by today’s news. This announcement deals a significant blow to the Biden Administration’s Cancer Moonshot goal to end cancer as we know it by reducing tobacco use.”

Quoting the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s post:

“In a major blow to public health, today the White House issued a shocking announcement that it is indefinitely delaying the finalization of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rule to eliminate the sale of menthol cigarettes, with no mention of flavored cigars.”

Additionally, Wafik El-Deiry commented on Karen Knudsen’s post:

“The addiction to menthol cigarettes is a serious long-standing public health matter and it is therefore disappointing to see the recent White House policy decision working against reducing mortality from resulting lung and other cancers. This is very sad to see in 2024 in the US.”

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Source: Karen Knudsen/X and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network/X

Karen Knudsen is the CEO of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Currently, She also serves on the board of advisors for the National Cancer Institute and on 12 external advisory boards for NCI-designated cancer centers. She is an active member of several committees with the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and serves on other academic and for-profit advisory boards.

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals.