Senate to vote on FDA power to regulate tobacco (AP)
news.yahoo.com 6/11/2009 — AP - A tobacco control bill set to win Senate approval would give the federal government broad new powers to monitor and change a toxic substance that contributes to some 400,000 deaths every year.

Tobacco regulation on track for June
thehill.com 5/26/2009 — The congressional drive to bring tobacco under Food & Drug Administration control -- given new life in the Senate last week -- is poised to approach the finish line in the Senate in June, but not without a bipartisan fight from North Carolina's two ...

Obama, Tobacco And Marijuana
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 6/26/2009 — Derek Thompson follows the logic of regulating and taxing tobacco rather than banning it: The government's effort to manage tobacco rather than make it illegal is exactly what belongs in the debate over pot and other illegal substances that could, ...

Cigarette Control and Thought Control: Reasons to beware the new tobacco regulation bill - Reason Magazine
reason.com 6/22/2009 — The great judge Learned Hand once said, "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right." If so, the tobacco regulation bill recently passed by Congress indicates that the spirit of liberty is even scarcer than usual in ...

Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Regulate Tobacco
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 6/11/2009 — The president is expected to sign into law a bill that would allow the government to regulate tobacco products in vastly expanded ways.

Tobacco Law Will Put 'Health Above Profit'
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 6/13/2009 — Impending sweeping new regulation will force the same disclosures for a pack of cigarettes, as with a can of soda or box of pasta, advocates say, hoping the new tobacco controls further limit smoking.

The Food, Drug & Tobacco Administration
corner.nationalreview.com 6/14/2009 — I'd like to echo Tevi Troy's concerns about the tobacco legislation that seems to be taking the express route to the President's desk. Unless Congress is about to dramatically increase the FDA's resources, its new tobacco obligations will come at the ...

Senate moves forward with government tobacco takeover
michellemalkin.com 6/11/2009 — On June 2 , I called attention to the Democrats’ plans to complete a government tobacco takeover. [...] Read the rest »

Bill Would Give FDA Broad Powers to Regulate Tobacco
washingtonpost.com 6/11/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...

House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products
news.yahoo.com 4/2/2009 — WASHINGTON The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces. The measure, passed 298-112, gives the Food and ...