The American Medical Association (AMA) wants tobacco to be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

"The AMA is concerned that the federal government received failing grades for its tobacco control legislation and policies," Dr. Ronald M. Davis, AMA President, said Thursday. "It's a cruel irony that tobacco, the number one cause of preventable death, is one of the least regulated products

Each day, more than 1,100 kids become regular daily smokers and 1,200 people die from a tobacco-related illness, according to a new report released Thursday by the American Lung Association (ALA).

It cites the President's Cancer Panel report that found one-third of the nation's cancer deaths are preventable and due to tobacco use

Many states have been found wanting in taking action to prevent smoking, according to the State of Tobacco Control 2007 report.

Released by the American Lung Association Thursday, the annual report card looks at federal and state tobacco control legislation and policies in smoke-free air, cigarette tax, tobacco prevention spending, and youth access to tobacco products

Congress has the opportunity to impact on tobacco control across America by authorizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products, a new report says.

Strong, bipartisan legislation is pending in the Senate and the Lower House that would give the FDA authority over the manufacture, distribution, marketing and use of tobacco products, says the Tobacco Control 2007 report released Thursday by the American Lung Association

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that taxpayers may begin filing returns electronically on Friday.

Taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $54,000 or less - about 97 million Americans - are qualified to use the agency's electronic filing initiative for free. The agency expects 95 percent of last year's nearly 3.9 million taxpayers who filed electronically to do so again