(CNN) The Trump administration wants to fundamentally change the way the US government regulates tobacco and e-cigarette products, and the plan to move regulatory authority out of the US Food and Drug Administration is being met with strong condemnation from the public health community.

The plan is laid out in a small note in the Trump administration's $4.8 trillion budget proposal released on Monday. The proposal would shift the oversight of tobacco products out of the FDA and create a new agency under the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The budget plan essentially serves as a statement of priorities for the President ahead of the 2020 election, but like any budget proposed by the White House, the 2021 plan must be passed by Congress. And with a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives and a Republican-controlled Senate, what ultimately gets passed may bear little resemblance to what the President has proposed.

"A new agency with the singular mission on tobacco and its impact on public health would have greater capacity to respond strategically to the growing complexity of new tobacco products," the budget says, adding that the director of this agency would be confirmed by the Senate.

"In addition, this reorganization would allow the FDA Commissioner to focus on its traditional mission of ensuring the safety of the Nation's food and medical products supply."

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