Tobacco Ideas Policy

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Privacy - Notice of Third Party Website Use

FDA does not collect, use or share personally identifiable information which you choose to provide on this forum.  The UserVoice service FDA employs to provide this forum is not a government entity.  Any information you share when participating in this forum may be made available to UserVoice and other non-governmental parties.  The UserVoice privacy policy is available at http://uservoice.com/privacy.  To protect your own privacy and the privacy of others, please do not include names, phone numbers, email addresses or other personal information in your idea or comment.

FDA’s use of UserVoice as a Third Party Website may contain external links.  These external links provide additional information that is consistent with the intended purpose of the FDA site.  You should be aware that:

• The FDA cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by these links.
• Linking to a non-federal site does not constitute an endorsement by FDA or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the site.
• You will be subject to the destination site’s privacy policy upon leaving the FDA site.

To view FDA’s Web Policies, please visit: http://www.fda.gov/privacy.

Comment Policy

FDA Center for Tobacco Product’s Tobacco Ideas Web site allows and encourages public comments and votes. We expect that participants will treat each other with respect and abide by the Terms of Service. All comments posted to the Web site will be reviewed and approved by the administrator before posting. We will not allow comments that contain vulgar or profane language; personal attacks of any kind; or offensive terms that target specific ethnic, religious or racial groups. We will not allow comments that are clearly off topic, spam, or that promote services or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. The appearance of comments and external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Reporters are asked to send questions to the FDA Media Office through their normal channels and to refrain from submitting questions here as comments.

We recognize that Web sites are a 24/7 medium, and comments are welcome at any time. However, given the need to manage federal resources, moderating of and responses to comments will occur during regular business hours Monday through Friday. Comments submitted after hours or on weekends will be read and responded to as early as possible the next business day. All responses by FDA staff will be in accordance with the recent policy for responding through social media created by FDA’s Social Media/Web 2.0 Council.

Thank you for taking the time to read this comment policy. We encourage your participation in our discussion and look forward to an active exchange of ideas.