Personal Injury Law

Senate Clears Tobacco Regulation Bill

By Edward Bills

The Senate has approved legislation that will allow the Food and Drug Administration to provide first-of-its-kind regulation of the tobacco industry, the New York Times reports. Under the law, expected to be signed by President Obama, the FDA would be able to control the levels of nicotine and other chemicals in tobacco products in addition to restricting marketing. Supporters of the law estimate that new regulation will reduce the amount of toxins in cigarette smoke and reduce youth and adult smoking.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).