The original agreement was designed to provide some stability to the tobacco industry while discouraging teen smoking . While the controversy rages, remember that tobacco is a still legal commodity , and adult smoking is an individual preference. Further, history has shown that Americans have a distaste for prohibition. Let's hope an era of indecision and greed doesn't do away with the golden goose. It includes approval for the fda to regulate advertising, youth access to tobacco and new products containing nicotine.
Much work is still to be done in the senate body, and in the house of representatives.