Obama signed the anti-smoking law

President Obama at a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday, June 22, signed a bill allowing the government to set strict limits on the production and sale of tobacco products.
Previously, the bill was approved by both chambers of U.S. Congress.
In accordance with the document management by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will impose strict limits on tobacco products, including the content in cigarettes and nicotine gum.
Office also has the right to prohibit the use of "soft" and "light" in the title of cigarettes, flavors, and to restrict advertising of tobacco products. Nevertheless, the law does not allow the FDA completely eliminate nicotine from the cigarettes.
The Act primarily focuses on the fight against smoking among the younger U.S. population.
By Obama's own admission, he is well aware of the situation, since he was young was a heavy smoker. "This is a law that will save the lives of many Americans," - Obama said at a ceremony on Monday.
Wrestlers with smoking for many years struggled with tobacco manufacturers, trying to convince Congress of the need for a law allowing more strictly regulate the activities of such companies. But so far progress in this direction could not reach because of opposition from the tobacco lobby and procedural delays.
In addition, a staunch opponent of smoking restrictions was former U.S. President George W. Bush - in the last year of his presidency, he has threatened to veto a document previously approved by the House of Representatives.
According to official statistics, in the U.S. smoked about 45 million people. Thus about 90 per cent of smokers purchased this harmful habit before the age of 18. Each year more than 400 thousand Americans die from diseases related to smoking.
As reported in the past year the proportion of smokers among the adult population in the U.S. fell to a record low, said the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year it was the first for nearly 90 years accounted for 19,8% - is approximately 43.4 million Americans. For comparison: in 2006 the country's 20,8% of adults smoke, a decade earlier - 24,7%, and forty years ago, the attachment to the cigarette tested 42%.