The FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Shadow Panel is a group of experts in the public health practice of tobacco control assembled by Dr. Michael Siegel and Dr. Alan Blum to monitor the FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee and provide alternative recommendations to advise the FDA on matters related to the regulation of tobacco products.
The Shadow Panel follows the actions of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee and the FDA in relation to the regulation of tobacco products and issues alternative or parallel reports and recommendations on the issues being considered by the Agency and its Advisory Committee.
The Shadow Panel reviews and evaluates safety, dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provides appropriate advice, information and recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
