51. Kessler has made great strides in speeding up the drug-approval process, standardizing food labels and moving vigorously to regulate tobacco. 52. Moreover, many critics, including President Clinton, have said the agreement as written unduly restricts the Food and Drug Administration from regulating tobacco. 53. Now I want to sue the pants off tobacco companies and regulate all tobacco. 54. Other bills would have required the FDA to regulate tobacco as a drug. 55. Philip Morris Cos. and other tobacco shares fell today after a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the power to regulate tobacco. 56. Philip Morris Cos. declined after a judge ruled the government has the power to regulate tobacco. 57. President Bill Clinton today ordered an unprecedented crackdown on smoking by children that would regulate tobacco for the first time as an addictive drug. 58. Parrish said he believed it was important to begin a public discussion about the best way to regulate tobacco soon after the Supreme Court made its decision. 59. President Clinton joined anti-smoking groups Friday in welcoming a federal court ruling that said the Food and Drug Administration can regulate tobacco as a drug. 60. Public health advocates believe that a tough new law regulating tobacco is the best way to reduce the number of teen-agers who get hooked on smoking. |