Urge CA State Assembly Members to Ban Diet Pills!

Over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss supplements deceptively claim to promote healthy weight loss, but these products are dangerous! Few consumers realize that weight-loss supplements are not required by the FDA to prove safety or efficacy before entering the market. FDA regulation is so weak that these products have been repeatedly found to be laced with dangerous chemicals, including banned pharmaceuticals, laxatives, and excessive stimulants – which have led to stroke, heart attack and even death in consumers. Alarmingly, there are no age restrictions on the sale of these products, even though we know from research that teens who start using these products are at much greater risk of being diagnosed with an eating disorder within just a few years.

You can change this! California Assembly Member Cristina Garcia has introduced legislation AB 1341 in the state legislature to ban the sale of these products to children younger than 18 years old in California. The bill will be voted on by the full California Assembly this Thursday. There is no time to waste! This bill won't move forward unless many more state lawmakers sign up to coauthor the bill and pledge to support the bill when it comes up for votes this month.

Please email your California state assembly member and urge them to support AB 1341 TODAY!

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Constituent Request: Please Support AB 1341 to Ban the Sale of Diet Pills to Minors!

Dear [elected official],

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I am writing to register my strong support for AB 1341, “Dietary supplements for weight loss and over-the-counter diet pills,” authored by California Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.

If passed, AB 1341 would protect children across California by prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss supplements to any person under 18 years of age. The bill will be voted on by the full Assembly this Thursday!

As your constituent, I am asking you to please co-sponsor and vote in favor of AB 1341.

Our culture’s intense focus on thinness and muscularity leads far too many young people to use over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss supplements in attempts to lose weight. However, not only are these products under-regulated, ineffective, and too often laced with dangerous chemicals, they can contribute to a lifetime of eating disorders and other serious mental and physical health problems. Please protect our young people by coauthoring and voting to support AB 1341.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report strongly cautioning against teens using over-the-counter diet pills for any reason. I agree and hope that you will support this common-sense measure to keep these deceptive products out of the hands of California kids.

Sincerely, [Your information here]