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Bicknell Panelists Debate Pros and Cons of Federal Regulation of Tobacco

(Slide show) New legislation that gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco is by no means perfect, but is a first step in reining-in the "outlaw" tobacco industry and setting some standards that could ultimately reduce health risks, tobacco expert Gregory Connolly summed up in presenting the 2009 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health. "What we require in this country to deal with this [smoking] epidemic is a comprehensive policy," said...[Continued]