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FDA to regulate the industry under act signed by Obama
Jump to full article: Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, 2009-06-23
Author: Michelle Saxton Daily Mail Capitol Reporter
Intro: A new tobacco control law that requires more disclosure of ingredients, restricts advertising and regulates fruit and candy flavors in products is an essential move toward improving health in West Virginia, state tobacco prevention officials say.
"Tobacco use kills more than 3,800 West Virginians every year, and so many more are ill or sick because of their addiction to nicotine," said Bruce Adkins, director of the state Division of Tobacco Prevention. "This bill is going to help all that." . . .
Adkins and other tobacco prevention officials were supportive of provisions in the new law to limit marketing of tobacco products that might appeal to minors, because they estimate about 4,000 youth each year start using tobacco in the state.
"The legislation is going to give the FDA the power to ban fruit- and candy-flavored cigarettes, which are appealing to first-time smokers," said David Deutsch, manager of the state Division of Tobacco Prevention-Youth Program.
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