Abstract
This article examines the public health authority states have to reduce tobacco use in light of the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of tobacco. The authors point out that states have achieved dramatic reductions in tobacco use in the past with little assistance from federal authorities. Indeed, often federal statutes impeded state efforts. The authors examine the preemptive scope of FDA oversight and conclude that states retain and, in some cases, actually improve their legal options for reducing tobacco use under the FDA legislation.
Keywords
Tobacco, FDA, Food and Drug Administration
Subject Categories
Tobacco use - Law and legislation
Disciplines
Health Law
Publisher
University of Maryland School of Law
Publication Date
2008
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001228
Recommended Citation
Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 57-81, 2008
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Notes
Originally published in Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 57-81, 2008