Can FDA Keep Cigs From Kids?

As of today, Food and Drug Administration rules require that if you're under 27 and you want to buy cigarettes or chewing tobacco, you must produce a photo ID proving you're at least 18 years old. But the FDA still hasn't hired state inspectors to audit cigarette retailers' compliance. That means, at least until summer, anti-tobacco volunteers will be the ones blowing the whistle on offenders, reported today.