Tobacco may be put under FDA control
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_go_co/safer_cigarette"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070718/capt.638a9e8e1baf4e36b0942d2255e51457.earns_altria_nybz123.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=G7Mz8C2jZesfMfahUy_8Qw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A Marlboro cigarette burns as it sits on a pack of Marlboro cigarettes in this Jan. 31, 2007 file photo in Trenton, N.J. Altria Group Inc., owner of the Philip Morris cigarette companies, said Wednesday that second-quarter income fell more than 18 percent but also reported a rise in profit from continuing operations and revenue. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Senate panel is nearing a vote on a proposal to put tobacco under Food and Drug Administration regulation despite objections that such a move would only entrench the market position of the nation's No. 1 tobacco company.</p><br clear="all"/>

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