Court Rules That Food and Drug Administration Cannot Regulate Tobacco
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Science, Medicine, Health, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: West Virginia
- Date: August 14, 1998
Article abstract: A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that tobacco did not fall under the definition of substances that could be controlled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), preventing efforts by the administration of President Bill Clinton to crack down on tobacco sales and advertising.
Food, Drug, or Neither?
On August 14, 1998, a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had no authority to regulate tobacco products on the grounds that tobacco did not fit the...
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