F.D.A+v.+Brown+and+Williamson+Tobacco+Corp.

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__FDA v. Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp. __ 

What is Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.?

 ====The Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp. is an American Tobacco that was associated with British American Tobacco. They are the ones who produced many of the popular cigarette brands. Eventually they became infamous once they enhanced the addictiveness of cigarettes. They had a headquarters in Louisville KY until July 2004.==== ====The founders of Brown and Williamson are George T. Brown and his brother-in-law Robert Lynn Williamson. It was founded in Winston, North Carolina. In February 1894 the new company leased a small company hiring 30 workers and started manufacturing. In 1927, the company was sold to London-based British American Tobacco p.l.c. They then, reorganized the business in Louisville.==== ==== ==== What happened during this case? ====The FDA is in charge of the regulations against food and drugs. One thing they noticed about the cigarettes and smokeless tobacco was that there are three strong pharmacological effects on the body as a sedative, a stimulant, and an appetite suppressant. It also was highly addictive for people who smoked or chewed. The FDA general Gen Seth P. Waxman and lawyer Richard M. Cooper fought that it was unlawful that such substance was taken in by the public. Waxman found that it was attracting adolescence, and once teenagers were addicted, they were higher likely to catch onto cancers.==== ====Justice Souter pointed out that cigarettes were used in helpful cases like lowering stress, relaxing, and pleasure. But since the fact that the cigarettes have a harmful affect on the human body, the FDA would have to put a regulation onto the drugs containing tobacco.====

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