Tobacco Regulation by U.S. FDA Clears House Energy Committee

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April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The $89 billion U.S. tobacco industry would be policed by the Food and Drug Administration under legislation approved today by a congressional panel.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 38-12 today to send the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to the full House for consideration. Similar legislation approved by the Senate's health committee in August also awaits debate.

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"The agency will finally be able to ensure that adult smokers have the information needed to assess the real risks of tobacco use, to limit youth access to tobacco products, and to place appropriate restrictions on advertising and marketing," said Representative John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan and chairman of the House committee.

The legislation is supported by more than 200 voting members of the House and 56 senators, including Republican presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona and Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.

Bloomberg

[DCKit]

1. Even better, use the tobacco taxes to support Iraq invasion...

and give 90% of us a really good reason to quit.

[Winterblues]

2. Bush* will veto it and as we all know "The votes aren't there"

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. God, why don't they just go ahead and ban the shit already?

I'm so fucking sick of it. It kills. Ban it and just get it over with.
Duckie