FDA Will Regulate Tobacco Under New Law
NCI Cancer Bulletin
June 30, 2009
Calling it a bill that “will save American lives,” President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products. Under the law, the FDA now has sweeping new authorities related to the manufacture, marketing, and sale of tobacco products—authorities covered by a more expansive public health standard than has traditionally been granted to the agency.
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