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Volume 359:445-448 July 31, 2008 Number 5 Next

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After more than half a century of debate and discussion, it is likely that during the coming year, Congress will pass legislation bringing tobacco products under the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The regulatory status of cigarettes arguably represents one of the most paradoxical stories in American medicine and public health: the single most dangerous legal product in U.S. consumer society has eluded virtually all federal regulation until now. Using a combination of scientific misinformation, intensive political lobbying, and a culturally resonant argument that smokers must take personal responsibility for harms they incur from its product, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Brandt is a professor of the history of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

An interview with Allan Brandt and an audio slide presentation of historical tobacco ads are available at www.nejm.org.

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0803729) was published at www.nejm.org on July 28, 2008.

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