Senate Committee Votes To Give FDA Power To Regulate Tobacco

[IgwanaRob]

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13-8 to empower the FDA to regulate tobacco products.

"The honey pot right now is tobacco excise taxes. The fact is, they'll find, if they implement those, that there will be a reduction in tobacco usage," Burr said in a recent interview. He said the move would imperil state budgets that rely on tobacco taxes to ease shortfalls.

 

[mmburtch]

So does this mean every time Pepin puts together a new blend it will have to be tested for 10 years before it can go to market. It's a good thing they have taught monkeys how to smoke so humans won't be at risk for this testing.

 

[AngryFishH]

Let me be the first to sign up to be a Pepin tasting monkey.


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