In a striking contrast to previous years when a powerful tobacco lobby held considerable influence, the Senate on Thursday approved giving the government vast powers to regulate tobacco products.Hundreds of billions of potential health care savings when people stop smoking. This is a good trend.
President Obama issued a statement about the bill’s passage, saying: “It will make history by giving the scientists and medical experts at the F.D.A. the power to take sensible steps that will reduce tobacco’s harmful effects and prevent tobacco companies from marketing their products to children."
Source: NYT
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