Cigarettes are a potent delivery device for the drug nicotine. But unlike most other drugs in widespread use, nicotine isn't regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

This week, the Senate began debating a bill that would change that. It would give the FDA authority over the production, packaging and marketing of cigarettes.

The House already has approved similar legislation. Senators should quickly follow suit.

A decade ago, then-FDA Commissioner David Kessler ...

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