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Article: FDA can regulate tobacco as a device.(District Court judge rules Food and Drug Administration can regulate tobacco as a device for delivering nicotine)(Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- May 3, 1997
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A judge in the heart of tobacco country has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration can regulate tobacco as a device for delivering nicotine, an addictive drug. However, the ruling does not allow the FDA to restrict advertising as a means of curbing tobacco experimentation--and eventual addiction--among children.
The summary judgment, handed down on April 25 by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Osteen Sr. in Greensboro, N.C., stung the tobacco industry, which had assumed that he would be sympathetic to its cause. Early in his legal career, Osteen had worked as a paid tobacco lobbyist.
Tobacco companies had petitioned the court to strike ([own ...