A federal judge in Kentucky has rejected a motion by tobacco companies to block key provisions of the new law giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to regulate tobacco products.

A group of cigarette manufacturers have filed suit to block parts of new landmark legislation that gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broad new powers to regulate tobacco. The suit comes as the FDA is gearing up to enforce the law, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which President Obama signed into law in June.

New legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction over tobacco products represents a serious compromise on the part of tobacco control advocates, according to to the authors of a new essay in a medical journal.

As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guidelines. The result, say the researchers, is that consumers who buy the same brand of product are not made aware of how that product has been altered and what effect those alterations might have on their levels of addiction or harm.

Electronic Cigarettes are Considered are the better alternative of traditional Cigarettes Because it does not produce any smoke and not contain the most toxic component Tobacco in it which is present in traditional cigarettes.

New York State's recent tax hike on cigarettes was designed to encourage people to stop smoking. But the high cost of cigarettes, among the highest in the nation, has had unintended consequences. (The first of a five-part series.)