What does the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco control act entail?”
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Chairman Edward Kennedy’s chief deputy for health care reform, joined President Obama today as he signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. Dodd introduced the bill with Chairman Edward Kennedy and shepherded it through committee consideration and debate on the Senate floor. “Connecticut parents work hard to educate their kids about the dangers of smoking. But tobacco companies aren’t on their side, and too often, Big Tobacco wins the battle,” said Dodd. “Each year, 15,000 Connecticut kids smoke their first cigarette – and 76,000 Connecticut children alive today will eventually die from a smoking related illness. As the father of two young daughters, I find that outrageous. And I’m glad that we’ve taken this critically important and long overdue step to empower parents and prevent tobacco companies from turning our kids into addicts.” Recent Praise f
See the summary below http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1256&tab=summary To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes. # -Grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products (Sec. 101). # -Requires tobacco product manufacturers to disclose all ingredients in its products, the form and delivery method of nicotine, and any research into the health, toxicological, behavioral, or physiologic effects of tobacco products to the FDA and notify the FDA of any future changes to any of the above (Sec. 101). # -Requires tobacco manufacturers to release all marketing research d
“The American Heart Association in Connecticut applauds Senator Lieberman and Senator Dodd for voting in favor of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and in particular, Senator Dodd for his leadership on this important legislation which would finally give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, sale, labeling, advertising and promotion of tobacco products to protect the public health,” the American Heart Association wrote in a statement.
