Latest Consumer Healthcare Products Association Stories

Legislation Penalizes Criminals, Not Honest Hoosiers WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement a day after Governor Mike Pence signed into law Senate Bill 496 -- legislation authored by Senator Carlin Yoder (R-12) -- that takes a number of steps to tighten the state's existing meth laws. "We commend Senator Yoder, Governor Pence, and the entire General Assembly for passing one of the strongest...

Clear Majority Opposes Prescription-Only PSE Requirements WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today on a recent poll of South Carolina voters conducted by Basswood Research and supported by CHPA. The poll, which surveyed 600 South Carolina voters March 13-14 , found that a 69-percent-majority of South Carolinians oppose a proposed law that would require all consumers to obtain a...

Law implements real-time, stop-sale technology WASHINGTON, March 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded the New Mexico legislature for passing House Bill 146, an anti-methamphetamine bill authored by Representative Antonio "Moe" Maestas (D-16). Once Governor Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) signs the bill into law, New Mexico will become the 27(th) state to adopt electronic pseudoephedrine (PSE) sales blocking...

Educational Campaign Supported By Legislators, Retail Community and Law Enforcement KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Attorney General Chris Koster joined Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker and leaders from the Missouri Pharmacy Association and the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at a press conference to launch the state's new voluntary retail Anti-Smurfing Campaign. The initiative, which was developed by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association...

Analysis Finds Prescription-Only Policies Not Worth Costs WASHINGTON, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released a statement today on a recent study conducted by American Enterprise Institute fellow Alex Brill and supported by a grant from CHPA. Brill previously served as the chief economist for the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means from 2002-2007. His economic policy consulting firm, Matrix Global Advisors, published...

Clear Majority Opposes Prescription-Only PSE Requirements WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today on a recent poll of Indiana voters conducted by The Polling Company and supported by CHPA. The poll, which surveyed 607 Hoosiers on February 4-6(th), found that a 65 percent majority of Hoosiers opposed changing state law to require a doctor's prescription for cold and allergy medicines...

Clear Majority Opposes Prescription-Only PSE Requirements WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released a statement today on the recent poll by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). The national poll, which was conducted by Harris Interactive and supported by a grant from CHPA, surveyed 2,000 Americans who have experienced asthma, allergy, cold, or flu symptoms in the past year. "The 2013 survey confirmed what...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tennessee voters, by a 20-point margin (56 to 36 percent), oppose making common cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) available by prescription (Rx) only, and nearly two-thirds of respondents (61 percent) who use nonprescription cold and allergy medicines to treat symptoms oppose the proposal. The new poll, which was conducted by North Star Opinion Research and released today by the Consumer Healthcare Products...

Law Implements Real-Time, Stop-Sale Technology WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Ohio Governor John Kasich for signing into law House Bill 334, an anti-methamphetamine bill authored by Representative Terry Johnson (R-Portsmouth) and Representative Danny Bupb (R-West Union). With the new law, Ohio now becomes the 25th state to adopt real-time, stop-sale technology known as the National Precursor Log...

CDC and CHPA Educational Foundation Remind the Millions of Americans Traveling and Hosting Family for the Holidays to Practice Safe Medicine Storage WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millions of Americans travel during the holidays, often to visit family and friends. During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it is easy to overlook the importance of safely storing medicines and vitamins out of the sight and reach of young children. The Centers for Disease...