51.   The tobacco industry has suffered blows in the courtroom and the laboratory in recent weeks that strengthen the case for regulating nicotine as an addictive substance.

52.   The tobacco industry is fighting to put some limits on the FDA jurisdiction, because it is particularly worried that the agency would regulate nicotine as a drug.

53.   The story helped the FDA and the Clinton administration illustrate why nicotine should be regulated like other legalized drugs.

54.   They also have demanded that the government be able to regulate nicotine.

55.   These might include federal power to regulate nicotine under the Food and Drug Administration.

56.   Those differences include the size of a settlement fund, the issue of punitive damages and the specifics of how the federal government would regulate nicotine.

57.   Though both sides have agreed on broad issues on regulating nicotine, B.A.T is opposed to allowing either the FDA or Congress to ban the substance.

58.   To date, the FDA and the anti-tobacco forces have chosen not to try to regulate nicotine, deciding instead to focus on access and advertising, he said.

59.   Tobacco stocks jumped on news that Kessler, who has lead efforts to regulate nicotine as a drug, is stepping down.

60.   Under urging by President Clinton, the FDA is considering regulating nicotine in all forms as a drug.