1. Regulation of tobacco products
It was not until the nineties when states within the US began suing the tobacco industry after many findings, including memos within them stating the knowledge of nicotine as being both addictive and carcinogenic, but choosing making the profit over public health consideration.
From late 1999, until the spring of 2000 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tried to regulate tobacco consumption. They claimed that nicotine fell under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). They informed that nicotine was a drug, and cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are devices, which deliver nicotine to the body, within the meaning of FDCA. After all, they monitor food coloring, additives, bottled water, homeopathic medications, cosmetics, and medical devices.
However, in the FDA v. Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, The Supreme Court ruled that the FDA did not have the power to enact or regulate tobacco products.
It was not until just six years ago, in 2009, when the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was signed into law by President Barrack Obama. This act gives the FDA power to regulate the tobacco industry, imposing new warnings and labels on packaging and advertisements, discouraging minors and young adults from smoking.
Sources: wikipedia.org, thetruth.com, theguardian.com, who.int, cdc.gov
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