Tobacco times.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Bolstering state tobacco control efforts, new federal Food and Drug Administration regulations focus on making tobacco products less available and attractive to young people. Each day, approximately 3,900 young people between the ages of 12 and 17 try their first cigarette, and about 1,000 of them become daily cigarette smokers. An estimated 20 percent of all U.S. high school students currently smoke cigarettes. The new regulations prohibit tobacco products labeled or advertised...