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DAVID KESSLER: PROTECTOR OR MEDDLER?

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

DAVID KESSLER: PROTECTOR OR MEDDLER?

• BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG New York Times Magazine
• Aug 31, 1996
• Aug 31, 1996 Updated Jan 28, 2015
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Many conservatives view the head of the Food and Drug Administration as the personification of intrusive government. Yet as Congress moves to dilute the agency's powers, Kessler is expanding his agency's reach to cover the regulation of nicotine.

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