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US vote says cigarettes are drugs
The US House of Representatives has voted to treat tobacco as a drug and have it regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The bill would tighten restrictions on advertising, impose new penalties for selling to children and require all new products to be approved by the FDA.
But the White House threatened to veto the bill, saying it would put an enormous burden on the FDA.
It also said having FDA approval could make people think cigarettes are safe.
Wait, what? What is the FDA going to say? “Okay, this product only kills you a TEEEENSY bit at a time. FUND IT.”
This is scary. Personally, I believe that nicotine is a drug, but what is this going to help? Sure, standards are good for most things but how do you set a standard for something that does nothing but feed addiction and fuel cancer?
Tags: cigarettes, drugs, FDA