Part I: Edwin Feulner; Part II: D. T. Armentano

In Part I of the following two-part viewpoint, Edwin Feulner argues that the tobacco regulations proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an attempt to reduce teenage smoking are counterproductive. He contends that the regulations could actually entice teenagers to smoke by making smoking seem rebellious. In Part II,D.T.Armentano maintains that restrictions on tobacco advertising are unnecessary because teen smoking is a less extensive problem than the FDA claims. Feulner is the president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington-based think tank. Armentano is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Some of the FDA’s proposals cited in the viewpoint became part of a...