A decade ago it would have been unthinkable, but on June 12th, Congress passed the toughest anti-tobacco bill in American history. Those who had waged a long fight against "Big Tobacco" rejoiced. Senator Edward Kennedy hailed the bill as proof that "miracles still happen" in Washington, DC.rnThe Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gives the Food and Drug Administration (fda) broad power to regulate tobacco products and marketing efforts. Health advocates have long complained that the FDA has oversight over more innocuous products, like lipstick, but not cigarettes, which are responsible for more than 400,000 American deaths a year.
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