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FDA tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been forced out. Brian King's departure Tuesday comes just ...
The King of Denial: An FDA Honcho’s Legacy of Ashes
Brian King, the imperious former head of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), was unceremoniously cashiered from his ...
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Dismantling the FDA’s Tobacco Office Marks a New Beginning
Dismantling the CTP is not enough, what replaces it must be significantly better, smarter, and more focused on science and ...
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FDA in Turmoil: Leadership Shakeup Amid Tobacco Policy Controversies
The FDA's top tobacco regulator has been removed amid wide-ranging staff cuts. Director Brian King was placed on administrative leave, and his removal comes as part of a larger shake-up within the FDA ...
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FDA Removes Top Expert on Vaping and Tobacco
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal ...
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Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies
He resigned on Tuesday when faced with being fired, according to one source familiar with the matter. Brian King, the head of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products division, was fired, according to an ...
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FDA Reassigns Center for Tobacco Products Director Brian King Amid Mass HHS Layoffs
The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Director Brian King has been removed from his position and offered reassignment to the Indian Health Service, according to an ...
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...
'Many failures': Whistleblower exposes how fired Biden-era official was soft on China, prioritized DEI
Fox News Digital spoke to former FDA senior staffer David Oliveira about the recent firing of a controversial official who directed tobacco policy at the FDA.
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FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
FDA tobacco director Brian King notified his staff in an email: “It is with a heavy heart and profound disappointment that I share I have been placed on administrative leave.” Dozens of other ...
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FDA tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
Brian King, notified his staff in an email: “It is with a heavy heart and profound disappointment that I share I have been placed on administrative leave.” Dozens of other employees in FDA’s ...
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FDA's top tobacco official removed from post in latest blow to agency's leadership
In an email to staff, FDA tobacco director Brian King said: “It is with a heavy heart and profound disappointment that I share I have been placed on administrative leave.” King was removed ...