FDA strengthens regulations to curb smoking by children

(CNN) -- Every day, nearly 4,000 children in the U.S. under the age of 18 try their first cigarette, according to the Food and Drug Administration.


And of those, a thousand become daily smokers.

Now, in an effort to fight the war on smoking -- especially when it comes to children -- the FDA is issuing a new rule titled Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents.

The rule contains federal requirements that will significantly curb adolescents' access to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. It would also keep manufacturers from marketing tobacco products for the younger smoker.
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