Good.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to impose federal regulation on cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, passing a landmark bill to empower the Food and Drug Administration to control products that eventually kill half their regular users.

The House expects to vote Friday on the legislation and quickly send it to the President Obama for signing into law.

The FDA will soon be able to regulate the chemical additives in cigarettes, ban the use of menthol and other "flavor enhancers," and restrict the marketing and advertising of cigarettes. And while the new law will allow the FDA to regulate nicotine levels—the addictive shit in cigarettes—the law forbids the FDA from banning nicotine. And there's this...

...health advocates predict that F.D.A. product standards could eventually reduce some of the 60 carcinogens and 4,000 toxins in cigarette smoke, or make them taste so bad they deter users.

Good news.