It has called some reporting a veiled effort at restricting China's exports and creating "trade protectionism".
The government has continued to strengthen these tobacco control efforts by restricting advertisements at point-of-sale and increasing the coverage of graphic warnings on packages.
At the same time, data clearly refute Mr. Balko's claim that prescription drug abuse prevention efforts are unduly restricting the availability of opioid pain relievers for legal use.
But Dr. Brian S. Carter, a neonatologist and associate professor at Vanderbilt University, worries that efforts to restrict the drug because it is so expensive threatens to create a two-tier system of health care.
Such legislation would overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling that the agency did not have that authority and would permit the drug agency to proceed with efforts to restrict tobacco advertising aimed at youth.
Lee S. Wolosky, a lawyer who has worked at the National Security Council under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, said efforts to restrict terrorist financing around the world have not gone nearly far enough.
Some experts at the meeting argued that any efforts to restrict vaccination, based on fears of a shortage, inevitably confuse the public, discourage people from being immunized and result in vaccine going to waste.
Four children lived in three (out of 82) households where recycling activities took place at the home, in spite of village efforts to restrict this practice.
Allegra Chapman, director of voting and elections at Common Cause, attributed the attitudes toward voter access to past efforts to restrict the franchise.
