I need help with this homework assignment please! Write 5-6 pages on tobacco con
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I need help with this homework assignment please! Write 5-6 pages on tobacco control act legislation. Conduct an analysis of this policy. This can be a national or state-level policy that is at any point in the policy process but you must be able to refer to the written bill as a source to cite for this paper. The analysis should address the points outlined in the assessment criteria below: Explain where this bill is in the policy process and which governmental structures (internal and external) are involved Conduct a thorough analysis of legislation 1. What is the issue the bill aims to address? 2. Who is the target population? In other words, who would be impacted by this legislation? Who benefits? 3. What is the proposed solution? 4. what the bill proposes feasible? Address both political and fiscal feasibility. 5. What values are addressed in the bill? Address the potential pros and cons of this legislation, including any evidence-based arguments you can identify for each side of the story. In addition to the target population, who are the other stakeholders that would be affected by this legislation? Provide a thorough argument for why this bill should or shouldn't be passed, after thoroughly describing the pros and cons.Explanation / Answer
Tobacco Control Act of 2009
In June 2009, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, giving the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to protect the public health by regulating tobacco products.
The law provides sweeping authority to the FDA to comprehensively regulate tobacco products including establishing tobacco product standards, reviewing products before their introduction to the market, restricting tobacco product marketing and advertising, preventing illicit trade, and strengthening warning labels.
This act is like a federal regulation which impact on State and Local Authority. Before enactment of the new law, tobacco products were largely exempt from regulation under the nation’s federal health and safety laws, including the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The issues the bill addresses:
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Target population
This act had establishes 18 as a federal nationwide minimum age for legal cigarette and smokeless tobacco sales with strong federal penalties.
It also benefited to parents.
It has many political and fiscal constraints in its feasibility from trade concerns.
Pros and cons of this regulation:
Pros: its very good for family and health
At the same time for society
Distinguish the target group as below 18 is minor
CONS: it hampers the trade benefits
It had made the advertizing more complex due to complex image of results
hence tobacco prevention act/legislation acts globally to control the tobacco cases worldwide.