Obama signs "Anti-Smoking" Bill (Video)

See how long it took to regulate tobacco? An industry that lied about the affects of narcotics on Americans for decades, because of PROFIT. That is why the health care bill with public option must be included in the bill, the powerful lobbyists are doing everything they can to destroy the bill. In the end it must be the will of the people, to push the D.C. Politicians to do the right thing.



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President Obama's remarks on the swift passing of regulating the tobacco industry and comments on the Iran election (Video)

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Senate approves FDA regulation on tobacco

This is one reason that health care costs are out of control, the addiction to tobacco. And the reason this has never passed is because of the big money from the tobacco industry to lobby against any regulation.

The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year, to drastically curtail ads that glorify tobacco and to ban flavored products aimed at spreading the habit to young people.

President Barack Obama, who has spoken of his own struggle to quit smoking, said he was eager to sign the legislation after minor differences with a House version are worked out — and the House planned a vote for Friday. Cigarette foes said the measure would not only cut deaths but reduce the $100 billion in annual health care costs linked to tobacco.

Fierce opposition by the industry and tobacco-state lawmakers had prevented passage for years, along with veto threats by the George W. Bush White House. In the end, the nation's biggest tobacco company supported the measure, though rivals suggested that was because it could lock in Philip Morris' share of the market. read more here.....

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