TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Amendments

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 142), S8610, S8611, S8614 [10DE]

Bills and resolutions

ATF: abolish and transfer functions relating to firearms, explosives, arson, violent crime, and terrorism to the FBI and transfer functions relating to alcohol and tobacco smuggling to the DEA (see H.R. 1329), H1613 [4MR]

Children and youth: prevent the sale of electronic cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco to minors (see H.R. 3042), H5116 [13JY]

——— prohibit the sale or distribution to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 2100), S7005 [29SE] (see H.R. 3656), H6749 [30SE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 142), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 1375), H1661 [16MR] (see H.R. 3242), H5588 [28JY]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see S. 974), S2244 [16AP] (see H.R. 1848), H2306 [16AP]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit use of electronic cigarettes on passenger flights (see H.R. 3840), H7253 [27OC]

FDA: allow for regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquids like tobacco cigarettes and establish labeling, packaging, and dosage limits for such products (see H.R. 1517), H1803 [19MR]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H2496 [28AP]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 430), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 478), H530 [22JA] (see H.R. 1517), H1803 [19MR]

Government regulations: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 441), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 662), H703 [2FE]

Insurance: expand eligibility for reimbursement for smoking cessation services to include copayments for such services by covered beneficiaries under TRICARE who are eligible for Medicare (see S. 1313), S2849 [13MY]

Taxation: provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products (see S. 450), S926 [11FE]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 1749), H2152 [13AP]

——— reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products (see S. 1129), S2529 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit use of electronic cigarettes on passenger flights (H.R. 3840), E1546 [27OC]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (H.R. 2058), E596 [28AP]

Federal Cigarette Labeling Act: anniversary, E1090 [21JY]

Velez, Valerie S.: tribute to efforts to preserve Peer Leaders Uniting Students (PLUS) program to address social disparities in tobacco use in Hemet, CA, E738 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: comparison between efforts of fossil fuel industry to discredit science behind climate change to efforts of tobacco industry to mislead public on the dangers of smoking, S7340–S7342 [20OC], S7536 [27OC]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 142), S107 [8JA], S8613 [10DE], S8877 [18DE]

CVS Health Corp.: tribute to decision to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce relative to Chamber’s efforts to fight antismoking laws in other countries, S4988 [13JY]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (S. 974), S2246 [16AP]

FAA: anniversary of smoking ban on commercial airlines, S1088 [25FE]

FDA: allow for regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquids like tobacco cigarettes and establish labeling, packaging, and dosage limits for such products, S2541 [29AP], S2551, S2557–S2559 [30AP]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products, S2509–S2511 [29AP], S7580–S7583 [28OC]

Foreign trade: impact of tobacco industry in developing countries, S4575 [24JN]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, S4929 [9JY], S7587 [28OC]

Schools: ensure that smoking bans include electronic cigarettes, S4929 [9JY]

Taxation: reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products (S. 1129), S2551 [30AP]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: treatment of tobacco under investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S6163 [30JY], S7069 [1OC], S7116 [5OC]

Reports filed

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 142) (S. Rept. 114–12), S2110 [13AP]

Texts of

S. 142, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, S108 [8JA], S8613 [10DE]

S. 450, Tobacco Tax Equity Act, S927 [11FE]

S. 974, Dept. of Labor prohibition of work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, S2247 [16AP]