The FDA does not approve cigarettes, but it regulates their manufacture, import, packaging, labeling, advertising, promotion, sale and distribution
Tobacco usage ha already dwindled from 70% (1950s) to around 25% (2005) through exactly those means but Arnott wnated to make a name for herself, thus conned Blairs govt into believing that SHS was more toxic than sarin gas.( She alone has promoted cigarette smoking more than any other and has lived a fat life on the back of the World health Organisations desire to eradicate smoking/smokers
they developed menthol-flavored brands like Kool, which seemed to be more soothing to the throat, and advertised these as good for your health
Some people like to twirl the joint around in the flame to get it smoking, others will light it like a cigarette, inhale that flame to get your cherry started