Should cigarettes be under stricter controls? That long-burning issue heated up on two fronts last week. After years of pushing toward regulating nicotine as an addictive drug -- and meeting resistance from Congress and the tobacco lobby -- the Food and Drug Administration passed the issue to the White House. The agency announced that it was urging relatively mild new regulations aimed at curbing smoking among youngsters. Among them: banning cigarette machines and stiffening penalties for vendors who sell tobacco to minors.
The next day the American Medical Association blasted the cigarette industry for "duping" the U.S. public by deliberately hiding...
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