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EDITORIAL: FDA should regulate tobacco 

It may seem like a contradiction to charge the United States Food and Drug Administration with regulating tobacco, but the move would be a giant step forward in fighting the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. . . .

The American Lung Association says 3,500 American children a day try their first cigarette and 1,000 become new, regular daily smokers. Of that number, a third will eventually die prematurely as a result of their addiction.

The tobacco industry's political and economic influence should no longer buy it a place among the least regulated consumer products in the marketplace.

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