Full Authority for FDA to Regulate Tobacco Products.

In 1996, the Administration took the historic step of asserting FDA jurisdiction over tobacco products. Since that time, the Administration has said it would support federal legislation explicitly affirming the FDA's authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and sale of tobacco products. Under such legislation, the FDA's authority over tobacco products must be as effective as its authority over other drugs and devices, and must be sufficiently flexible to meet changing circumstances. The legislation should not impose any obligation on the FDA to make specific findings about such speculative matters as the creation of contraband markets; nor should it impose any special procedural hurdles or requirements, such as enhanced standards of proof or unusual evidentiary formalities.

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