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Tobacco’s Regulator May Soon Be Same As Pharma’s

    • Interesting:
      With thousands of toxic, teratogenic, mutagenic, and ocogenic compounds inhaled in each 'puff'' of cigarette smoke, wouldn't it be better to have the environmental protection agency office of toxic substances health review division handle this issue?

    • Why can't the FDA regulate tobacco ju$t a$ it doe$ every other $ub$stance that enter$ our bodie$? Why is tobacco somehow given a $pecial, protected place among con$umer product$?

      If the FDA regulated ju$t a$ it doe$ other product$, pre$umably it would look at tobacco, conclude it was un$afe and ban it outright. Oh wait, I ju$t an$wered my own que$tion.

    • I need a cigarette....

    • Why not have the FDA oversee liquor and beer and wine as well?
      Chuck Brooks
      FutureWare SCG

    • But how would you manage to weasel in Firearms as well?

    • THIS A MUST READ-long but worth it! Most of you don’t realize the sneaky, yet effective, method the government is using to slowly move towards a socialist state. I mean come on! If I CHOOSE to use why must I be taxed? Because YOU don’t approve of it. You know the number one cause of death of Americans 18-25 isn’t tobacco-its DRUNK DRIVERS. What’s next, a DUI tax on all liquor to create a program to “PREVENT” drunk drivers??? Because the government has a LONG successful track record of being financially responsible of taxes they collect for a “GOOD” cause. Yeah-like what they promised with the Lottery money run by the states. Where is that money? It was suppose to be used for public schools yet I see bills every year asking for more school money. However, the purchase of lottery tickets has risen steadily over the years. Fellow Americans wake up! This is just a stepping stone into taxes and regulations into other products we use daily that yes, are harmful if utilized. Similar to (many pharmaceutical drugs, alcohol, fast food, soda, salty snacks, Gasoline, almost 1/3 of everything you buy has some negative side effects. I know this, but as an American I can CHOOSE to buy them anyway without being taxed or controlled to do so. That’s why we are Americans! If we do this now-they will slowly begin to tax and control other items that don’t have such a huge negative stigma. I don’t condone or actually use tobacco products. However, I am not sheep either that follows the popular ideas created by the media. THINK for you yourselves. Stop unfair tax and control of ALL Items before it’s too late. People will ask you to do just little bite more knowing that it’s at the sacrifice of your freedoms. But then you think-it’s only an inch. But then they ask for another inch, well I moved already, why not one inch more. Before you know it-if you don’t stop-you have gone to FAR forward to go back. And every freedom you had was relinquished with your blessing.

    • There are some health benefits to alcohol used in moderation. There are NO health benefits to cigarettes.

    • Hey, Oscar. Try moving to Singapore. Here cigarettes are over S$11 per pack and beer is just as expensive. Guess why, the government taxes the crap out them to pay for the health care cost of smokers and drinkers and to cut down on the number of DUIs. It's hard to get drunk when four beers at the bar is almost $100 bill.

      I CAN NOT wait to get back the US.

      You want socialism? These people cant even own a satellite dish because they might see some non-government approved programming.

    • Marusa

      There are mental health benefits to cigarettes and if health benefits determine the standard then ---
      ----It would be the same as if I said there are NO health benefits for make up. Lets tax that Max Factor to help all those vain people.
      Politicians are for sale and it is easy to jump on smokers as bad and everything associated with smoke as bad. Someday maybe we will all live in a country where everyone feels the moral attacks that continue against smokers and tobacco companies and the only good people will be the morally righteous that do not get caught.

    • Tobacco’s Regulator May Soon Be Same As Pharma’s - perfect strom for distributing Medical mariguana by big MO

    • The FDA can't even regulate Peanuts, how are they going to be able to regulate tobacco?

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    • Oscar, I couldn’t agree with your more with all your points. As a democrat I have always advocated government involvement in social issues in order to protect those who don’t know how to defend themselves. However, while I hate cigarettes I cannot punish those who use it because I choose not -it’s their right as Americans. That’s ignorant! I also found that the same lawyers that sued tobacco companies and won are working on a “FATTY” tax to sue fast food giants like McDonalds, Burger King, Jack N the Box for targeting children as their target audience. I now am going to pay a Tax for my “Big Mac” because too many American children have ignorant parents and overfeed their children with the wrong food. Why should I have pay for other people’s ignorance? Oscar, you are right! This is just the beginning…..We opened the flood gates by approving “TAX and Regulation” on tobacco companies. I wonder what the future will hold…. Beer tax to create education for young adult Americans not to start or a “prevention tax”. The a “Fatty” tax for education & healthy programs all regulated by our Government to make sure it “Runs well”, then an “Air Pollution” tax for all New Yorkers and Angelinos to save the air quality and prevent over use of vehicles in the cities, of course run by our Government to ensure its done right!!!!!!!! SAVE AMERICA!

    • HMMM what was one of the main issues that sparked the American Revolution….. Taxation & Regulation without representation??? HHMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!


    • thats great please upgrade the contens of the blue acids in the cigarettes and you have a healty one. gonzens of

    • Legalize Pot And tax it 100%. Direct all proceeds to driving down healthcare costs. It will cut Mexican drug war and Border Patrol costs.

    • To Who Ever reads this, people in todays world are noticing some rather shocking things in todays generation every president has been focusing on the smokers the think if we jack up the price of tobacco goods people will stop poor poor ideas by people in congress people will just run out of money you helping the company who products kill fellow man its not a dam money issue its a impairment in the brain, would you take food from a child i hope not its a habbit man eats untill theres nothing left on the plate man kills what they dont understand instead of focusing on the consumer worry about the world the way man made it then attak its people you lousy DICTATORS!!!

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