Tobacco Regulation

We Can't Afford to Wait to Regulate Tobacco

Dan Smith | Posted 11.30.2011

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Dan Smith

More than 40 years following the first surgeon general's report linked smoking to cancer, a simple list of ingredients is still not required for tobacco products.

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FDA: Agency Must Review Tobacco Products

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — The Food and Drug Administration says it must review tobacco products that were introduced or changed over the last four years i...

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Why Smoking Bans in Prison Are Not The Answer!

Tony Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Drug Policy Alliance, Cigarettes, Prison, Smoking Ban, Violence, Black Market Cigarettes, War on Drugs, Tobacco Regulation, Health, Cigarette Smoking, Healthy Living News
Tony Newman

The rationale that drives prisons to prohibit smoking is that it improves the heath of people behind bars and saves health care costs. These bans don't prevent prisoners from smoking.

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Democrats' Quiet Changes Pile Up

Wall Street Journal | JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller...

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Stamp Out Smoking: Take Action Today

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smoking, Cigarettes, Great American Smokeout, Center for Disease Control, Tobacco Prevention, Tobacco, Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, Tobacco Health, Tobacco Regulation, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

There's a killer at large in our communities linked to 1 out of 5 deaths. The killer is tobacco, the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

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Gunmakers Now Last Unregulated Industry

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Sugarmann

Guns are now the only consumer product manufactured in America not regulated by a federal agency for health and safety.

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The Rise and Fall of the Cigarette

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Brauchli

It was a tough week for the cigarette, and also for Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and three of his colleagues, who received huge campaign contributions from cigarette makers.

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Curb Menthol Cigarettes: Congressional Black Caucus

The New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for changes to a House tobacco-regulation bill, demanding that the legislation place restrictions on menthol...

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FDA One Step Closer To Increased Tobacco Regulation

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved a step closer to handing the Food and Drug Administration broad new authority to regulate tobacco produ...

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