TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 4960), H6703 [22JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 2643), S8030 [13JY] (see H.R. 4155), H2152 [2AP]

Crime: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see S. 2642), S8029 [13JY] (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 2461), S5949 [20MY] (see S. 2974), S11090 [10OC] (see H.R. 4433), H3438 (see H.R. 4433), H3538 [20MY]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 2730), S8687 [22JY]

Taxation: amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 3749), H244 [28JA]

Letters

American Jobs Creation Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4434 [17JN]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4434, H4435 [17JN]

FDA authority to regulate tobacco products: Andrew Carter, Ohio Children's Hospital Association, S10936 [9OC], S11022 [10OC]

———John F. Scruggs, Altria Group, Inc., S11207 [11OC]

———John L. Kirkwood, American Lung Association, S10936 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———M. Cass Wheeler, American Heart Association, S10937 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), S10937 [9OC], S11022 [10OC]

———several individuals, S10939, S10940 [9OC]

———Sharon I.S. Rounds, American Thoracic Society, S10936 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———Steven C. Parrish, Altria Group, Inc., S11207 [11OC]

Provide FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products: Allison R. Shulman, National Association of Convenience Stores, S8175 [15JY]

———American Conservative Union, S8175 [15JY]

———Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, and American Advertising Federation, S8175 [15JY]

———Scott Ramminger, American Wholesale Marketers Association, S8177 [15JY]

Research, disease control, wellness, and tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts funding through an increase in cigarette and other tobacco excise taxes: several health organizations, S2645 [11MR]

Lists

Supporters of DeWine/Kennedy amendment to H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, to provide the FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S8177 [15JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: prohibit funding to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, H4299, H4302, H4397-H4399, H4403, H4404, H4407, H4432 [17JN]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H7582 [28SE], H8715-H8719, H8723 [7OC], E1909 [11OC], E2182 [7DE]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (H.R. 4033), H5333 [8JY]

American Legacy Foundation: anniversary, E311, E312 [4MR], E485 [30MR], E495 [31MR], E570 [20AP]

American Lung Association: anniversary, E806 [11MY], E892, E903 [18MY], E1011 [2JN]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (H.R. 4155), E534 [2AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit Federal funding for buyout of tobacco producers or quota holders, H5589-H5595 [13JY], E1388 [15JY], E1393 [16JY], E1426 [20JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, H7582 [28SE]

Federal aid programs: eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (H.R. 3160), H495 [11FE], H2922 [13MY]

Manthei, Brandon: Nevada TAR WARS anti-smoking campaign poster contest winner, E1552 [8SE]

Nightingales (nurses organization): tribute to anti-tobacco web site, E1662 [21SE]

Taxation: treatment of cigar manufacturers, E1852 [10OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities, S8151-S8178, S8217, S8219 [15JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, S10793 [8OC], S10959, S10977 [9OC], S11019 [10OC], S11219 [11OC]

American Legacy Foundation: anniversary, S2186 [4MR], S2434 [9MR], S3564 [1AP], S5076 [10MY]

American Lung Association: anniversary, S5072, S5073 [10MY]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 2643), S8034 [13JY]

Crime: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (S. 2642), S8032 [13JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S8151-S8178, S8217, S8219 [15JY], S10934-S10942, S10944, S10959, S10969-S10972, S10977 [9OC], S11021-S11025, S11030, S11034 [10OC], S11205, S11216, S11243, S11244 [11OC]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (S. 2461), S5961-S5963, S5979 [20MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (S. 2974), S11068, S11091 [10OC]

Health: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by focusing on preventive health services, S4195-S4198 [21AP]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (S. 2730), S8709 [22JY]

Taxation: application of excise tax to excessive attorney fees for legal judgments, settlements, or agreements that operate as a tax, S5774, S5778-S5784 [19MY]

———ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (S. 1177), S104 [21JA]

———increase funding for research, disease control, wellness, and tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts through an increase in cigarette and other tobacco excise taxes, S2621-S2623, S2645 [11MR]

Veterans: health care funding through reductions in lawyers' fees relative to the tobacco settlement, S2679-S2681 [11MR]

Women: lung cancer death rates, S7117 [22JN]

Statements

Cigarette Fire Safety Act: Philip C. Stittleburg, National Volunteer Fire Council, E892 [18MY]

Tobacco Quota Buyout: Senator Dole, S11237 [11OC]

Texts of

S. 2461, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, S5963-S5979 [20MY]

S. 2642, Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act, S8032-S8034 [13JY]

S. 2974, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, S11068-S11084, S11091-S11107 [10OC]