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It’s time for the FDA to regulate cigarettes
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | No comments posted.
We live in a nation of regulations. ...
Except when it comes to cigarettes and other tobacco products, that is.
When it comes to federal oversight of a pack of Marlboros, there is no federal agency, no governing authority.
It’s astonishing, really. The Food and Drug Administration does not have the authority to regulate a pack of cigarettes. Nor does the Department of Health and Human Services. No department or agency in the federal government has that authority.
The U.S. House of Representatives is looking to change that, and has taken a real step toward giving the FDA the authority it needs to have over cigarettes and other tobacco products.
One wonders why this hasn’t long been the case. Let’s see: Nicotine is a drug. And cigarettes are a device for dispensing nicotine. Since the Food and Drug Administration is the federal agency charged with regulating drugs, there shouldn’t be much debate over who will be the regulating authority. ...
The law would grant certain authority to the FDA. The agency could monitor cigarette labels. It could ban flavored cigarettes, which attract and addict younger smokers. And it could restrict advertising that claims that some cigarettes are safer than others. ...
This is a good law, long overdue. It deserves broad support.
The Republican, Springfield, Mass.
On the Net:
http://tinyurl.com/4zxlps
Except when it comes to cigarettes and other tobacco products, that is.
When it comes to federal oversight of a pack of Marlboros, there is no federal agency, no governing authority.
It’s astonishing, really. The Food and Drug Administration does not have the authority to regulate a pack of cigarettes. Nor does the Department of Health and Human Services. No department or agency in the federal government has that authority.
The U.S. House of Representatives is looking to change that, and has taken a real step toward giving the FDA the authority it needs to have over cigarettes and other tobacco products.
One wonders why this hasn’t long been the case. Let’s see: Nicotine is a drug. And cigarettes are a device for dispensing nicotine. Since the Food and Drug Administration is the federal agency charged with regulating drugs, there shouldn’t be much debate over who will be the regulating authority. ...
The law would grant certain authority to the FDA. The agency could monitor cigarette labels. It could ban flavored cigarettes, which attract and addict younger smokers. And it could restrict advertising that claims that some cigarettes are safer than others. ...
This is a good law, long overdue. It deserves broad support.
The Republican, Springfield, Mass.
On the Net:
http://tinyurl.com/4zxlps
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