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Originally Posted by Silver14
Regulate does not equal approve.
"FDA doesn’t approve tobacco products. There’s no such thing as a safe tobacco product, so FDA’s safe and effective standard for evaluating medical products is not appropriate for tobacco products. Instead, FDA regulates tobacco products based on a public health standard that considers the product’s risks to the population as a whole."
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I'd have to argue that is mumbo-jumbo double speak.
Either they are allowed to sell them ("approved under certain conditions") or banned (like "recreational drugs').
approve
[əˈpro͞ov]
VERB
officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.
"the budget was approved by Congress"
synonyms:
accept · agree to · consent to · assent to · acquiesce in · concur in · accede
to · [more]
believe that someone or something is good or acceptable.
"I don't approve of the way she pampers my father and brothers"