Congress OKs Anti-Smoking Bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 14th, 2009 4:39 am by HL
Congress OKs Anti-Smoking Bill
Congress gave final approval to a bill that gives the federal government far-reaching power to try to decrease smoking in the U.S. Positioned to be much more effective than those stupid tobacco company-sponsored “Truth” commercials, the bill would limit nicotine levels and use of words like mild and light.
Updated
The Wall Street Journal:
A bill allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco is on the way to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature.
A day after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure, the House passed it Friday on a 307-97 vote.
Obama supports the bill. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that her agency looked forward to implementing it.
The FDA now will take on an unprecedented role overseeing the production and marketing of cigarettes.
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June 15th, 2009 at 9:06 am
It is hard to tell the intent behind this bill. On face it looks like a public health victory however, it could be that this is an effort to undermine risk reducing innovations like electronic cigarettes, because the FDA is in charge of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes are not technically tobacco so they are being pushed out of the market because they wont get the FDA stamp of approval. This could diminish the credibility of the FDA, see here for more: http://www.newsy.com/videos/new_sheriff_in_town