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The Question: The Food and Drug Adminiscranon has regulations that deal with the 



way many drugs are sold labeled ad\/ernsed and promoted. 

 Currently there are no similar regulations for tobacco products. Do 

 you think thai tobacco products should be regulated tn a simdar 

 manner or not? 



Qose to seven in ten adults (68%) feel the FDA should regulate tobacco 

 products m a manner similar to the way drugs are regulated. Women are more likely 

 than men to favor FDA regulation. In addition, younger adults ar more likely than 

 older adults to favor regulation. While smokers are somewhat less likely than 

 nonsmokers to favor regulation of tobacco products by the FDA. nevenheless. a 

 majonty (62%) do say they support regulation. 



