Event Title
The FDA May Not Regulate Tobacco Products as "Drugs" or as "Medical Devices"
Location
Duke Law School
Start Date
6-3-1998 10:15 AM
End Date
6-3-1998 11:30 AM
Description
Professor Richard Merrill contends that the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not grant the FDA regulatory authority over cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. The fact that Congress did not expressly deny the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco cannot, Professor Merrill argues, be used to infer such authority.
Related Paper
Richard A. Merrill, The FDA May Not Regulate Tobacco Products as “Drugs” or as “Medical Devices”, 47 Duke Law Journal 1071-1094 (1998)
Available at: http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol47/iss6/2
The FDA May Not Regulate Tobacco Products as "Drugs" or as "Medical Devices"
Duke Law School
Professor Richard Merrill contends that the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not grant the FDA regulatory authority over cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. The fact that Congress did not expressly deny the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco cannot, Professor Merrill argues, be used to infer such authority.
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