Smoking and other tobacco-like products have been a problem in the United States for many years. These products kill thousands of people every year and can cause respiratory problems, heart disease, and in some severe cases cause lung cancer. The question then becomes, what can be done to either reduce the amount of smokers in this country, or is it possible to stop smoking in the first place? While the latter is difficult to determine and in many cases impossible to stop people from smoking altogether, it is possible that we can decrease the amount of smokers that we have in this country. The question that now needs to be asked, is how can we do this, and who regulates cigarettes and other tobacco products and do they have any new or recent
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The administrative agency that is in charge of regulating cigarettes and other tobacco products is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation (retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/default.htm). From this description the main purpose of the FDA seems to be to protect people’s health and making sure that the food we eat, or the products that people use on a daily basis, such as makeup, toothpaste, ETC., are safe and will not cause any harm. For example, the FDA might test certain medical drugs to make sure that there are no side effects of using said drugs, such as loss of vision, sickness, or in certain cases death. These types of testing could take months, but the FDA needs to do these types of testing to make sure that they are safe. If the FDA did not do these types of rigorous testing and harmful products were to land into human hands there would be severe consequences. The people of the FDA also test many items that most people would not even consider when they think of this agency. When most people hear about the FDA, they assume …show more content…
Every year they pass rules/regulations from cosmetics to food products in order to prevent diseases, allergic reactions, and to overall make sure that they are safe. One area that the FDA heavily regulates is tobacco products. Tobacco products are used by millions of people every day across the country and is an issue that most people feel needs to be dealt with, since using tobacco products causes so many issues when dealing with a person’s health. Previous attempts in regulating cigarettes and other tobacco products, was using the label on the packs or better known as the Surgeon General’s warning, which listed the dangers of using said products. This was just one example of how regulations could help in dealing with the dangers of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Recently, however the FDA has passed a new regulation that could change people’s view on these types of products and the dangers that they impose on human health. This new regulation, according to the Federal Register states that all tobacco products from cigarettes, cigars, hookahs, and all other tobacco products will now have to list what ingredients are used to make such products and putting stronger restrictions on the sale of tobacco products (retrieved from
The administrative agency that is in charge of regulating cigarettes and other tobacco products is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation (retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/default.htm). From this description the main purpose of the FDA seems to be to protect people’s health and making sure that the food we eat, or the products that people use on a daily basis, such as makeup, toothpaste, ETC., are safe and will not cause any harm. For example, the FDA might test certain medical drugs to make sure that there are no side effects of using said drugs, such as loss of vision, sickness, or in certain cases death. These types of testing could take months, but the FDA needs to do these types of testing to make sure that they are safe. If the FDA did not do these types of rigorous testing and harmful products were to land into human hands there would be severe consequences. The people of the FDA also test many items that most people would not even consider when they think of this agency. When most people hear about the FDA, they assume …show more content…
Every year they pass rules/regulations from cosmetics to food products in order to prevent diseases, allergic reactions, and to overall make sure that they are safe. One area that the FDA heavily regulates is tobacco products. Tobacco products are used by millions of people every day across the country and is an issue that most people feel needs to be dealt with, since using tobacco products causes so many issues when dealing with a person’s health. Previous attempts in regulating cigarettes and other tobacco products, was using the label on the packs or better known as the Surgeon General’s warning, which listed the dangers of using said products. This was just one example of how regulations could help in dealing with the dangers of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Recently, however the FDA has passed a new regulation that could change people’s view on these types of products and the dangers that they impose on human health. This new regulation, according to the Federal Register states that all tobacco products from cigarettes, cigars, hookahs, and all other tobacco products will now have to list what ingredients are used to make such products and putting stronger restrictions on the sale of tobacco products (retrieved from