Obama signs strong US anti-smoking bill
President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever U.S. anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
 "The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of smoking has finally emerged victorious " Obama said during the sun-splashed White House Rose Garden signing ceremony.
 The bill marks the latest legislative victory for Obama's first five months in office. Among his other successes: a $787 economic stimulus bill  legislation to expand a state program providing children's health insurance and a bill making it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination.
 "I know -- I was one of these teenagers " Obama said. "I know how difficult it is to break this habit."
 Before dozens of invited guests  including children from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  the president signed legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.
[TGT] cited [TGT] own long struggle to quit the cigarettes [TGT] took up as a teenager as [TGT] signed the strongest-ever U.S. anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
 "The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of smoking has finally emerged victorious " [TGT] said during the sun-splashed White House Rose Garden signing ceremony.
 The bill marks the latest legislative victory for [TGT]'s first five months in office. Among his other successes: a $787 economic stimulus bill  legislation to expand a state program providing children's health insurance and a bill making it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination.
 "I know -- I was one of these teenagers [TGT] said. "I know how difficult it is to break this habit."
 Before dozens of invited guests  including children from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  [TGT] signed legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.