Controlling tobacco use:
The latest ruling from the Supreme Court, allowing tobacco users to sue in state courts for false labeling of products may do far more to reduce tobacco consumption than giving the FDA oversight. A Washington Post (12/16, pA18) editorial says that “although it often makes sense to avoid a hodgepodge of state and local rules governing big business in favor of uniform federal strictures, in this case the tobacco companies tried to stretch the federal Labeling Act to cover much more than Congress intended.”
