FDA Celebrates Anniversary of the Tobacco Control Act

Attention Citizens of Amerika!  Today is the first anniversary of the signing of the Tobacco Control Act into law.  FDA is spending tobacco tax money for a huge celebration of this Great Day.  There will be a large parade through Washington by FDA personnel and anti-all-tobacco extremists.  Large piñatas in the form of evil tobacco users will line the parade route for the children.  Lucky children will be given a Teddy Roosevelt Big Government Stick to smash open the piñatas which are full of tobacco tax money IOU’s.

The parade will end at the White House where a lavish dinner party will commence.  A replica of the late Senator Edward Kennedy carved from a block of ice will be the centerpiece for the jubilation!  Cigar smoking will be encouraged and cigarette smoking is permitted out of view of the cameras.  Since President Obama is a cigarette smoker, the smoking light is always on at the White House.  Just no pictures.

No smokeless tobacco and especially Swedish Snus is permitted since products significantly safer for smokers than cigarettes would send the wrong message; that FDA and Congress really care about the health and lives of the 45MM remaining cigarette smokers in the USSA and not just their wallets.

Below is Formal Announcement commemorating this Great Day from the FDA.  You will read it and believe every word of it…….or you may find yourself stuffed into one of next year’s piñatas.  All Hail the Politicians and Bureaucrats!   May Big Government bless the United Socialist States of Amerika!

One year ago, President Obama signed the historic Tobacco Control Act. Since the law’s passage, the FDA has taken important steps to prevent our children from becoming the next generation of Americans to die prematurely from tobacco use and ultimately to reduce death and disease associated with tobacco use.

• Read Our Year in Review (PDF)
• Read the One Year Anniversary Press Release

The following provisions of the Tobacco Control Act become effective today, June 22, 2010:

• FDA rules that limit the sale, distribution, and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to protect the health of children and adolescents become legally enforceable
• Provisions that prohibit the advertising or labeling of tobacco products with the descriptors “light,” “mild,” or “low” or similar descriptors without an FDA order
• Requirements that new, larger health warning labels for smokeless tobacco products begin to rotate on labels, labeling, and advertising and begin to be displayed on smokeless tobacco packaging

FDA is committed to educating retailers, industry and consumers about the new tobacco regulations and the health risks of tobacco use.

• Visit our Break the Chain of Tobacco Addiction Educational Campaign for retailers for tools and tips for retailers and partners.
• Get our Tobacco Regulations, Education, Prevention & Control Widget for the latest FDA tobacco news, announcements and an educational quiz.
• Learn more about FDA tobacco regulations at www.fda.gov/tobacco.