Obama lauds historic anti-tobacco bill aimed at cutting teen smoking, pledging to sign it soon

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.

No smoking, kids: Big anti-tobacco bill heads for Obama signature, aiming to cut teen smoking

WASHINGTON — No more “light” cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers.

Congress sends White House bill giving gov’t regulators unprecedented authority over tobacco

WASHINGTON — Congress sent legislation to the White House Friday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.

Obama: Bill allowing greater regulation of tobacco defines true change in Washington

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a bill giving the government much greater power to regulate tobacco “truly defines change in Washington.”

House set to send Obama a bill imposing gov’t control over tobacco

WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday sent to the White House legislation that gives the federal government vast new powers to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.

New limits on smoking ads, flavors, nicotine could follow historic congressional votes

WASHINGTON — 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.

Senate Roll Call: How the Senate voted on tobacco bill

The 79-17 roll call on Thursday by which the Senate voted to give the government extensive new powers to regulate how tobacco companies will make and market their products.

Historic anti-smoking vote would give regulators more say over nicotine content, cigarette ads

WASHINGTON — Congress struck the government’s strongest anti-smoking blow in decades Thursday with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people.

Senate votes to give FDA broad powers to regulate, change tobacco products

WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to give the government extensive new powers to decide how tobacco companies will make and market their products. Supporters say that could spare millions from smoking addiction and premature death.

Main provisions of bill giving FDA powers over tobacco products

Main provisions of legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate the production and marketing of tobacco products:

Senate to vote to give FDA power to regulate, change tobacco products

WASHINGTON — The Senate votes Thursday on legislation that for the first time would give the government control over the production and marketing of tobacco products, a long-sought goal that supporters say could save lives and millions in health care dollars.

Senate bill takes aim at dissolvable tobacco; critics call smoke-free product ‘tobacco candy’

WASHINGTON — They’re the newest smoke-free tobacco products — dissolvable pellets or strips that don’t require users to chew or even spit. Sold in shiny plastic cases, the products melt in your mouth like breath mints.

Addiction and death: Regulating tobacco products is a personal issue for many senators

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin was just 10 or 11 when he and his cousin Mike sneaked out behind a garage in East St. Louis, Ill., to have a smoke, Durbin’s first. He didn’t care much for the taste of the cigarette but, unfortunately, Mike did.

Senate rejects challenge to bill giving FDA control over tobacco products

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected the main challenge to legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration sweeping controls over tobacco products, easing the way for passage of the measure this week.

Bill giving FDA controls over tobacco products advances in Senate

WASHINGTON — A key Senate vote Monday put Congress in sight of fulfilling a decade-old quest to put the content and marketing of tobacco products under the control of the federal government.

Few allies left for those fighting new regulation of tobacco products

WASHINGTON — Like smoking, defending tobacco just isn’t cool anymore.

No money, no smokes: China to crack down on use of public funds for cigarettes

BEIJING — China’s corruption watchdog will clamp down on government officials who use public money to buy expensive cigarettes, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, after one county last month urged its officials to smoke more than a million local cigarettes a year.

Bill to regulate tobacco products a sharp departure for industry-friendly Congress

WASHINGTON — In the half-century since the surgeon general issued his culture-changing report linking smoking to lung cancer, the tobacco industry has had little trouble defeating efforts to regulate cigarettes and other products. That could change this year.

Bill giving FDA controls over tobacco advances in Senate

WASHINGTON — The Senate took a step Tuesday toward giving the government some controls over the tobacco industry, bolstering the chances that a long-sought goal of anti-smoking advocates will finally be realized.

WHO tells governments to put images of ’sickness and suffering’ on cigarette packs

GENEVA — Cigarette packages should include images of sickness and suffering caused by tobacco, along with written warnings, the World Health Organization said Friday.

WHO tells governments to put images of ’sickness and suffering’ on cigarette packs

GENEVA — Cigarette packages should include images of sickness and suffering caused by tobacco, along with written warnings, the World Health Organization said Friday.