41.   The commission recommended that Congress for the first time pass legislation giving a federal agency authority, the Food and Drug Administration, to regulate tobacco products.

42.   The commission, created in September by President Clinton, also said the government should have the power to regulate tobacco products.

43.   The final report, due in May, is expected to recommend to President Bush how the government should regulate tobacco products.

44.   The NRC regulates consumer products where radiation has been intentionally added, but has said the state had jurisdiction over the planned nickel recycling at Oak Ridge.

45.   The NRC regulates consumer products in which radiation has been intentionally added, but has said the state had jurisdiction over the planned nickel recycling at Oak Ridge.

46.   An FDA official said the administration was reviewing the petition from anti-tobacco groups requesting that it regulate the product.

47.   MITI, however, says the law does not regulate products and does not adversely affect the competitive conditions for imported film or paper.

48.   On Thursday, a federal judge cleared the way for the US Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.

49.   The decision is expected to declare the nicotine in tobacco an addictive drug, thereby giving the US Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.