3.0.0 3174 2022-02-08T23:22:52Z 2022-02-08T23:22:52Z Senate S 2020-01-09 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-09T18:27:07Z Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 116 2339 HR 2020-03-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act 116 3223 S 2020-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2020-01-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-01-09 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-01-09 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-01-09 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-01-09 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-01-09 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-01-09 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-01-09 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-01-09 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-01-13 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-01-28 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-02-25 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-29 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Marketing and advertising Mental health Minority health Racial and ethnic relations Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations User charges and fees Health 00 2020-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-09T15:51:15Z Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019

This bill revises requirements related to the safety, sale, and advertisement of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-hookah, e-cigars, and vape pens).

Among other requirements, the bill

  • requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement regulations to require color graphics on the labeling of cigarette packages, depicting the negative health consequences of smoking;
  • requires the FDA to apply regulations on tobacco products to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes;
  • prohibits the retail online sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems;
  • prohibits flavors other than tobacco in a tobacco product;
  • prohibits the use of flavored products in an electronic nicotine delivery system, except in specified circumstances;
  • increases the user fees that the FDA collects from manufacturers and importers;
  • directs the FDA to regulate products containing synthetic nicotine (not made or derived from tobacco);
  • establishes a demonstration grant program to develop strategies for smoking cessation in medically underserved communities;
  • increases civil penalties for certain violations of restrictions on the sale of tobacco products; and
  • requires the Government Accountability Office to study e-cigarettes.  
]]> Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 Display Title Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale and marketing of tobacco products, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3174is/xml/BILLS-116s3174is.xml 2020-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.