TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Articles and editorials

Influence Market—Industries That Backed Bush Are Now Seeking Return on Investment, S2280 [14MR]

Students Describe Smoking Dangers—La Joya Shows Project Created by Three Mt. Whitney DECA Students, E608 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect means (see H.R. 3456), H9239 [11DE]

———require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales (see H.R. 1046), H953 [15MR]

———support State legislative efforts, and strong health education programs and activities, to discourage smoking in children (see H. Con. Res. 122), H1860 [2MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (see H.R. 1658), H1715 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (see H.R. 879), H648 [6MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 190), S568 [25JA] (see S. 247), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1043), H953 [15MR] (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 2180), H3201 [14JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 1454), H1485 (see H.R. 1454), H1494 [4AP]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

Health: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 1044), H953 [15MR]

Labeling: strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1453), H1485 (see H.R. 1453), H1494 [4AP]

Market Access Program: make leaf tobacco eligible (see H.R. 1610), H1658 [26AP]

Native Americans: payment of State and local taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 2726), H5333 [2AU]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 622), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 854), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1229), H1188 [27MR]

Taxation: dedicate revenues from tobacco tax increases for use in buying out tobacco quota (see H.R. 2334), H3711 [27JN]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]

Essays

Tobacco—Why It's Not for Me: Cynthia Plascencia, H8164 [14NO]

Letters

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on tobacco industry litigation: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2982 [7JN]

Remarks in House

Courts: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (H.R. 1658), E713 [3MY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 1097), H914-H918 [14MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 2180), E1117 [14JN]

Foreign trade: maintain prohibition on export promotion, H5491 [11SE]

Market Access Program: make leaf tobacco eligible (H.R. 1610), E655 [26AP]

National objectives: national policy to reduce tobacco use, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Philip Morris Cos., Inc.: accuracy in advertising, H260 [13FE]

Plascencia, Cynthia: Burbank Middle School A Week Without Tobacco essay contest winner, H8164 [14NO]

Visalia, CA: tribute to Mount Whitney High School students for developing anti-smoking CD-ROM, E607 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9367 [13SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 247), S1063 [6FE], S2972 [27MR]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (S. 622), S2981 [27MR]

Surgeon General: release of ``Women and Smoking'' report, S2972 [27MR]

Statements

Tobacco Use Prevention: Blake Kinkaid, Craig Stevens, and Brittany Chandler, E1824 [5OC]

Summaries

National Youth Smoking Reduction Act (H.R. 2180), E1118 [14JN]

Texts of

S. 247, Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act, S1063-S1066 [6FE]

S. 622, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S2982 [27MR]