By JIM ABRAMS
June 14, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.
Congress Passes Measure on Tobacco Regulation
Jun 13, 2009
The house and the senate have approved a bill giving the FDA unprecedented power over tobacco. President Obama says he's eager to sign it into law, but how do local smokers feel on the issue?
Washington's Marlboro Men
JUNE 13, 2009
Congress loves Big Tobacco enough to regulate it.
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.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H.R. 1256 is a proposed United States federal law that would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the multi-million dollar tobacco industry and aims to discourage minors and young adults from smoking through new FDA-imposed warnings and labels.
Video: Obama Looking Forward to Signing Tobacco Bill
Congress Passes Measure on Tobacco Regulation
Doug Mills/The New York Times
By DUFF WILSON
June 12, 2009
The House moved quickly Friday to pass the Senate’s tobacco bill and send it to the White House, where President Obama promised to sign it.
Bill to toughen tobacco rules sent to Obama
June 13, 2009
WASHINGTON - Congress gave final approval yesterday to a bill that will give the federal government sweeping new powers to regulate tobacco - a historic action that President Obama said "truly defines change in Washington."
Local Smokers React to Possible FDA Regulation
By DUFF WILSON
June 12, 2009
The House moved quickly Friday to pass the Senate’s tobacco bill and send it to the White House, where President Obama promised to sign it.
Bill to toughen tobacco rules sent to Obama
June 13, 2009
WASHINGTON - Congress gave final approval yesterday to a bill that will give the federal government sweeping new powers to regulate tobacco - a historic action that President Obama said "truly defines change in Washington."
Local Smokers React to Possible FDA Regulation
Jun 13, 2009
The house and the senate have approved a bill giving the FDA unprecedented power over tobacco. President Obama says he's eager to sign it into law, but how do local smokers feel on the issue?
Washington's Marlboro Men
JUNE 13, 2009
Congress loves Big Tobacco enough to regulate it.
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.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H.R. 1256 is a proposed United States federal law that would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the multi-million dollar tobacco industry and aims to discourage minors and young adults from smoking through new FDA-imposed warnings and labels.
Video: Obama Looking Forward to Signing Tobacco Bill
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