Washington's Marlboro Men - Great article!

[nitewriter]

This tells it like it is! Did anyone read the printed version in the WSJ?

The Obama Administration continues to insist, all Congressional evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that Uncle Sam has no interest in running the U.S. auto industry. About the tobacco industry there is no such Washington scruple on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

President Obama is poised to sign a bill passed by Congress this week that authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products for the first time.

Read the rest here.

 

[Juggalo]

I hope the fda eases up a little

 

[Surf Monkey]

The FDA's role is to protect consumers from risks that they don't want to assume. People who smoke know it's dangerous and voluntarily assume the risks.

This is the point I've been making all along. This is why the legislation is bad. It corrupts the very core of the FDA's mission. As such, it may prove unenforceable.

 

[calligal]

They passed the bill giving the FDA clear instructions on how they wanted it to be handled even knowing that the changes they require will do very little to actually elimated tobacco use or keep "children" from starting up.
Just look at comments left on these online articles, most antitobacco people seem to think the passage of the bill will give the FDA the right to abolish tobacco completely.