Top Trump official suggests tobacco regulation distracts from FDA mission

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s domestic policy chief on Friday suggested the regulation of tobacco and vape products — a critical function of the Food and Drug Administration — was a distraction and should be handled by another agency.

The remarks from Joe Grogan, the director of Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, came at a careening news conference at which he also slammed House Democrats’ marquee drug pricing bill and implied Medicaid expansions under President Barack Obama have furthered the opioid crisis.

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