61.   Waxman asked Philip Morris to turn over the documents immediately to the FDA, which is investigating whether nicotine should be regulated as a drug under the law.

62.   When the investigation is completed, Kessler must decide whether to regulate nicotine and how to do so.

63.   While saying people should be protected from smoking risks, Dole still questioned whether the Food and Drug Administration should regulate nicotine as a drug.

64.   --Philip Morris, one of the tobacco companies opposed to allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine.

65.   -- Cigarette maker Philip Morris, which opposes efforts to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine.

66.   Parrish acknowledged that nicotine is a drug but stopped short of agreeing that the FDA should regulate nicotine as a drug and cigarettes as drug-delivery devices.

67.   The company opposes efforts to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate nicotine.

68.   The bill, sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also would have given the federal government new power to regulate nicotine.

69.   The FDA is considering regulating nicotine as a drug.

70.   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been considering whether to regulate nicotine as an addictive drug.