These documents detail that tobacco products are intended by the manufacturers to have addictive affects on the structure and function of the human body. Tobacco manufacturers know that the nicotine in their products causes addiction and mood-altering effects, and that consumers use their products to obtain these effects. The intent and inevitable consequence of the design of tobacco products is to provide nicotine to consumers so that they become addicted and have to sustain their addiction. Consumers predominately use tobacco products for their pharmacological effects, including sustaining their addiction, mood-alteration and weight loss. Nicotine causes other psychological and mood-altering effects, including both tranquilization and stimulation.
Nicotine helps people control their weight.
Because tobacco products are both a drug and a device, the FDA has the authority to restrict the sale, distribution, and use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to people under the age of 18. Research in 13 studies showed that minors were successfully able to buy cigarettes 67 percent of the time. When they had access to a cigarette vending machine, they had an 88 percent success rate in obtaining tobacco. The FDA has ruled that tobacco companies may not distribute free samples, single cigarettes, or packs with less than 20 cigarettes. The FDA has also banned cigarette vending machines and self-service displays except in facilities where only adults are permitted.