1.   Before the ruling, analysts and industry watchers said they expected the FDA to lose its bid to regulate tobacco products.

2.   A real problem for the future will be the staff and resources needed for the FDA to regulate tobacco products, Phillips said.

3.   But if they find, say, a bill regulating farm products, the egg bill might still be alive.

4.   But he said the industry would appeal the part of the ruling that gives the FDA the right to regulate tobacco products.

5.   But the appeals panel ruled that the FDA needed explicit authority from Congress to regulate tobacco products.

6.   Despite the role of money in politics, government can regulate harmful products whenever there is the political will to do so.

7.   Especially when the products are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

8.   Final action on the regulations will unleash litigation by the tobacco companies, who say the FDA lacks the legal authority to regulate their products.

9.   For years the agency viewed this language as not conveying authority to regulate tobacco products.

10.   Government agencies regulating new products often demand specific experiments and data to establish safety.