21.   Nevertheless, Hutchison said she had reservations about the bill, particularly the amount of authority it gives the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.

22.   She does not understand why those products are not regulated.

23.   Some drug company executives had said they worried that Wood might be too zealous in regulating their products.

24.   That judge, William Osteen Sr., ruled that the Food and Drug Administration has jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products but not to impose restrictions on cigarette advertising.

25.   The agency is a vast organization that regulates products that account for one-fourth of the American economy.

26.   The biggest stumbling block Friday seemed to be how much authority to give the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.

27.   The Cellucci proposal comes several days after a US appellate court in Virginia ruled that the federal Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco products.

28.   The court also has agreed to decide whether the Food and Drug Administration has the power to regulate tobacco products.

29.   The justices will examine whether the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to regulate tobacco products.

30.   The industry has repeatedly denied the accusation and has maintained that the FDA has no right to regulate tobacco products.