Posted on 08/27/2007 3:45:42 PM PDT by blam
Clinton: FDA should regulate tobacco
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton called for U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco and a national war on cancer.
The New York Democrat and presidential candidate made the remarks Monday at the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Form in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Clinton urged "a much more aggressive outreach. That's why I favor the FDA being able to regulate advertising about nicotine and tobacco products. And we're going to push through, I hope, a bill to get that done."
Such regulation would require an amendment to an old law. The Clinton-era FDA asserted the authority to regulate tobacco in 1996 but the tobacco companies challenged that authority in court. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000's FDA et al vs. Brown & Williamson et al that the federal act creating the FDA didn't give it that authority.
Clinton said tobacco is "an addictive, deadly substance and we need to regulate it."
Clinton also praised local and state efforts to ban smoking in public places such as restaurants, but didn't endorse a national ban.
She accused the Bush administration of abandoning the "war on cancer."
"Between 1993 and 2001," she said, "we doubled the budgets for the National Institutes of Health and increased dramatically the funding going to the National Cancer Institute."
"The two priorities of this president have been the war in Iraq and tax cuts for the wealthy -- neither of which he's paid for -- while he has cut the budgets for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute."
She said another major goal should be "affordable healthcare for every single American because that goes hand in hand with the war against cancer."
Clinton said U.S. President George Bush also has frustrated stem cell research.
ANYTHING to subdue the BATFE works for me.
Cliton also says the government should regulate: breathing, dreams, aspirations, all education, religion, life, liberty, heterosexual sex within marriage, number of children permitted, age of death, child discipline . . . . . .
You could start with your hubby.... and lead by example.
There are those who would like to see gun “violence” listed as a health problem.
The FDA can’t even control the tainted products coming in from China. They don’t have the time for this!
Here’s your hero in action go vote for her.
“U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco and a national war on cancer”
Because you know? None of us would even know to fight cancer if Shrillary didn’t come to guide us....because, of course, without her we’re INVISIBLE....
Regulate tobacco HOW? We’re already considered the scum of the earth in most places.
Shut up, Shrillary.
Why doesn’t she call for an outright ban? We all know why.
Libs never have the guts to go for the jugular. They always have to nickel and dime folks with regulation and for the children.... If Clinton feels that tobacco is that bad then ban the damn product from the market. Of course she won’t because that’ll dry the cigarette revenues to help pay for her socialist programs.
It’s crazy her supporters
; they want to legalize pot, but outlaw tobacco..figure that one out..!
tobacco is no more deadly than fastfood, not exercising, lack of sleep, or popping a pill for every ache and pain.
Sure, let’s regulate the heck out of another industry. We have so few left anyway. On the other hand, maybe the tobacco growers wouldn’t need so much cheap labor, so the illegal.........
Aw, never mind.
Nanny statism.
Regulate tobacco? As I understand current law, bringing tobacco under the law would require that it be “safe and effective.” Although tobacco (in cigarettes) is an “effective” delivery mechanism for nicotine, it cannot be considered “safe” in the same sense of that word as is applied to other drugs seeking FDA approval.
Point being, “regulate,” in this context, is just Hillarese for “ban.”
This idiot would regulate everything she could—and tax it too.
Why don’t you call for an investigation into where all those billions in “tobacco reparations” dollars went off to?
A couple hundred billboards and thousands of pamphlets? Gov’t got BILLIONS...where the hell is that money???? The Dems need to answer those questions first.
p.s. Stay out of my business, you ugly witch.
The FDA should regulate who gets into DEMOCRAT offices!
Cliton, "Well, we'll just have to change human nature."
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Well, they will put a filter on the joint for your protection.
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