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The Legal Authority of the United States Food and Drug Administration to Regulate Tobacco: Calling on Congress
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Smoking has plagued America for generations, but the issue has never received more scrutiny than in the past decade. The rise of teen smoking' and the long-term deleterious effects of nicotine addiction2 prompted a national outcry for change.3 As a result, the United States Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asserted jurisdiction over the regulation of tobacco products.4
The FDA, as one of the chief health regulatory agencies of the United States, is determined to take action to curb the nation's leading preventable killer.5 Due to the large number of adults addicted to cigarettes, however, an outright ban on tobacco would be both impractical and unrealistic.6 …
