FDA to regulate tobacco from later this year
The Food and Drug Administration will be regulating tobacco and tobacco products, according to legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill will now move to the Senate for approval, and should become law by the end of this year.
This means the FDA will have the authority to regulate the contents of tobacco products, make their ingredients public, prohibit flavoring, require larger warning labels and strictly control or prohibit marketing campaigns, especially those geared toward children.
Tobacco and tobacco products are the leading cause of preventable death in the United States - more than 400,000 people die every year because of illnesses caused or complicated by the use of tobacco.
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