41. If the FDA can regulate tobacco, there are still questions about how far it can go. 42. If the court affirms FDA authority to regulate tobacco, anti-smoking advocates may be emboldened and unwilling to make new concessions to cigarette companies. 43. In April, a federal judge in North Carolina dealt the tobacco industry a severe blow by allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco as a drug. 44. In the meantime, he said, the administration would continue with its own efforts to regulate tobacco. 45. It can give the Food and Drug Authority the power to regulate tobacco and it can authorize restrictions on tobacco marketing. 46. It wants to ensure that the Food and Drug Administration is given the full and unfettered ability to regulate tobacco as a drug and cigarettes as drug delivery devices. 47. It was important testimony from a chemist because it was a key issue in the attempt by the Food and Drug Administration to start regulating tobacco. 48. It was Morris who convinced Clinton that regulating tobacco and signing a welfare overhaul bill would play well in the suburbs. 49. It would have required the Food and Drug Association to regulate tobacco as a drug, and it would have earmarked the way the proceeds were spent. 50. Just this month, he wondered aloud why the FDA was spending time trying to regulate tobacco instead of concentrating on other tasks. |