On this day in 1997, Judge Osteen of the federal district court in Greensboro, ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had the power to regulate the distribution, sale and use of nicotine-containing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
A summary of the Court's ruling can be found here.
The Court's decision can be found here.
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