President Obama signs Legislation today that Regulates the Sale and Marketing of Tabacco

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday has been given new power to regulate the sales and marketing of tobacco. So what does that mean? Are cigarettes now banned for use in the United States? Of course not, but this new legislation known as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gives the FDA the right to ban candy-flavored and fruit-flavored cigarettes. Companies can no longer use terms such as "low tar,""light" or "mild," and the warning labels on packages must be larger. Tobacco companies are restricted from advertising their products.
Actually, Obama is not the first president to push for such legislation, as this legislation has been in the making for for several decades.
One of the reasons why there has been a steady push to outlaw tobacco is because no matter how much people are educated, especially children, they will not do what is best for their health, without serious help from their parents. Unfortunately, the parents of these child smokers will not enforce a non smoking policy in their household. Because of the laxed thinking of Americans regarding smoking, on an average approximately 400,000 Americans still die each year from tobacco products.
What seems to be interesting is the idea that most Americans oppose the law according to a Gallup Poll released on Monday. Fifty two percent, including mostly smokers oppose the measure, while 46 percent support it. Even though the president is happy for the new legislation, he also knows how difficult it is for teenagers to stop smoking, because he was one of them as he smoked in the past himself as a teenager.