In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: a. was repealed by the U. S. legislature. b. approved novelty products, such as candy-flavored cigarettes. c. authorized the FDA to regulate tobacco products in specific ways. d. approved the marketing of "safer" cigarettes.

the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act authorized the FDA to regulate tobacco products in specific ways.

Explanation: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act authorized the FDA to regulate tobacco products in specific ways. The goal of the act was to discourage minors and young adult from smoking.