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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would give government broad new authority to regulate tobacco products, slash nicotine content and restrict advertisi...

The bill would give the F.D.A. regulatory power over cigarettes and other products, although the agency would not be able to ban them. President Obama is expected to sign it.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation that for the first time would give the FDA new powers to control the production and marketing of tobacco products. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

WASHINGTON -- For the first time since Americans began smoking, the federal government is about to control how tobacco products are made, marketed and sold in the United States.

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday struck the most devastating legislative blow in history to Big Tobacco, giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority over the industry. The new bill, which passe...

Landmark legislation approved by the Senate yesterday will give the federal government sweeping new powers to oversee tobacco products, allowing regulators to control factors including the amount of addictive nicotine in a cigarette and how that cigarette is packaged and marketed. For the 20 percent of Americans who smoke, the law will mean confronting more graphic warnings of the risks of their habit every time they pick up a pack. The law also bans most cigarette flavorings. . . . On the Senate floor, lawmakers took turns detailing their personal struggles with tobacco. 'There's not a smoker in the country that's an adult who wishes their children would begin smoking,' said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), himself a former smoker. 'And there are many adult smokers today who wish they never started. . . . This has been a very long battle.' . . . Exactly what the new legislation will mean for smokers will depend on how aggressively the FDA exercises its new power.

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn, center, speaks on the passage of legislation that gives the government control over the production and marketing of tobacco products, Thursday, Jun...

Senators voted 79-17 to regulate tobacco in the same way the government regulates everything else you put in your body -- from Froot Loops to aspirin.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that three blockbuster psychiatric drugs appear safe and effective for children and adolescents, despite side effects that can increase the risk of diabetes.