WASHINGTON — The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America on Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year, to drastically curtail ads that glorify tobacco and to ban flavored products aimed at spreading the habit to young people.
No smoking: Senate votes gives FDA more power
Friday, June 12, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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