More on FDA regulation of tobacco
Right on the heels of Wednesday's U.S. House vote to let the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco comes an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine examining several aspects of that issue. It both stresses the need for such regulation and warns that too-lenient legislation has been used effectively in the past by tobacco companies in such areas as shielding themselves from product-liability lawsuits. Take a look and see what you think.