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Senate Passes Bill for FDA to Regulate Tobacco 

Jump to full article: Convenience Store News, 2009-06-13

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In a 79-17 vote yesterday, the Senate passed a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over the tobacco industry.

As reported in a CSNews Online newsflash yesterday, the vote sends the measure back to the House, which passed a similar version in April, the AP reported. If the House accepts the Senate version, then the bill would go directly to President Barack Obama, who supports the action. (Note: another industry media outlet reported the bill was on its way to the President already.)

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