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  2. Brian King (epidemiologist) - Wikipedia

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    As the lead tobacco regulatory official for the United States, King is responsible for overseeing the Center's implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Signed into law on June 22, 2009, the Act gives the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products in the United ...

  3. U.S. government and smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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    Food and Drug Administration (FDA): H.R. 1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was signed into law as Public Law No:111-31, on June 22, 2009. [2] [3] This law grants the Secretary of HHS and the FDA extensive powers to regulate production, marketing and use of tobacco products. The 2010 case Sottera, Inc v.

  4. Regulation of tobacco by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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    The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as the FSPTC Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. This bill changed the scope of tobacco policy in the United States by giving the FDA the ability to regulate tobacco products, similar to how it has regulated food and pharmaceuticals since the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.

  5. CDC anti-smoking campaign takes aim at menthol cigarettes

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  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Wikipedia

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    Although the CDC was one of the first government agencies to study gun related data, in 1996 the Dickey Amendment, passed with the support of the National Rifle Association of America, states "none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun ...

  7. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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    Most smoking cessation resources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [93] and The Mayo Clinic [94] encourage smokers to create a quit plan, including setting a quit date, which helps them anticipate and plan for smoking challenges.

  8. Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Wikipedia

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    The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, (Pub. L. 111–31 (text), H.R. 1256) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. The Act gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the tobacco industry. A signature element of the law imposes new warnings ...

  9. Tobacco control - Wikipedia

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    The tobacco control field comprises the activity of disparate health, policy and legal research and reform advocacy bodies across the world. These took time to coalesce into a sufficiently organised coalition to advance such measures as the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and the first article of the first edition of the Tobacco Control journal suggested that ...