FDA v. Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Tobacco causes cancer. These three words have been used together for many years. However, more often than not, they are ignored. “Tobacco is the leading contributor to mortality in the United States, each year claiming more than 430,000 direct users and between 40,000 and 67,000 individuals who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.” (Houston, Kaufman, 2000) The bottom line – smoking contributes to more deaths than AIDS, car accidents, alcohol, homicides, illegal drugs, suicides, and fires – combined. In the following pages we will examine the history of tobacco, regulation efforts by the Food and Drug Administration and the federal government, and the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision on tobacco regulation. Tobacco has had a long history in America. Many historians would argue that without tobacco this country would not exist. Since 1619, when John Rolfe first introduced tobacco, it has had major social, economic, and medical importance. It was not until the middle of the twentieth century that we discovered the harmful side effects of use and abuse of this product. In 1950, The Journal for the American Medical Association published the first article that linked tobacco to can
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Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)
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