Senate Democrats Target Tobacco Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print By CQ Staff, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLYPublished: July 18, 2007By Drew Armstrong, CQ Staffread at source> http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/07/18/cq_3110.htmlSenate Democrats are pushing ahead with plans to give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products, but they will have to beat back significant Republican opposition.Legislation sponsored by Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, would give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco advertising, tobacco ingredients and nicotine levels.