Fisher: A long-fought victory over smoking

Full story: San Jose Mercury News

This week, public health advocates here and across the country are celebrating a hard-fought victory: 45 years after the U.S. surgeon general declared that cigarette smoking could cause lung cancer, Congress has given the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products.

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