TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: prohibit electronic advertising of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (see H.R. 4249), H7558 [9SE]

Amtrak: prohibit smoking on trains (see S. 2768), S6333 [31OC] (see H.R. 2726), H3789 [14MY]

CDC: develop program to prevent use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle and high schools and award grants to implement such program (see S. 3096), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 5482), H12210 [18DE]

Children and youth: prohibit use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools (see S. 1832), S3475 [13JN] (see H.R. 4019), H7465 [25JY]

Courts: increase certain civil penalties applicable to violations of certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products (see H.R. 5022), H8739 [8NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative (see S. 1048), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 2111), H3100 [4AP]

——— prevent and reduce use of tobacco products (see H.R. 293), H281 [8JA]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 1258), S2516 [30AP] (see S. 1541), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2411), H3339 [30AP]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see S. 1823), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 3229), H4626 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit smoking on premises of Veterans Health Administration facilities (see S. 2106), S4807 [11JY] (see S. 2865), S6604 [14NO] (see H.R. 3700), H5725 [11JY]

FDA: enhance health warnings on cigarette packages, raise minimum age to purchase tobacco products, restrict tobacco flavors, and regulate sale and marketing of all tobacco, including e-cigarettes and accessories (see H.R. 2339), H3274 [18AP]

——— establish a tobacco product standard that imposes certain limits on concentration of nicotine for e-liquids (see H.R. 4624), H8101 [8OC]

——— establish standards for the design of electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 2536), S5663 [24SE]

——— impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes (see S. 655), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1498), H2365 [5MR]

——— raise minimum age restriction relative to sale of tobacco products and require age verification for online sales of vaping products (see H.R. 2084), H3099 [4AP]

——— require a recall of electronic nicotine delivery systems that have not been subject to premarket review (see H.R. 5005), H8738 [8NO]

Foreign countries: authorize actions relative to foreign countries engaged in illicit trade in tobacco products or their precursors (see S. 1965), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 1642), H2613 [8MR]

Government regulations: apply requirements relative to delivery sales of cigarettes to delivery sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems to prevent online purchase of e-cigarettes and accessories by children (see S. 1253), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 3942), H7376 [24JY]

——— clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 9), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 1854), H2795 [25MR]

——— impose user fees on manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 616), S1593 [28FE]

Guam: include under statutes prohibiting trafficking in contraband cigarettes (see H.R. 4635), H8110 [11OC]

Health: increase taxes on cigarettes and e-cigarette products, ban flavored tobacco products and e-cigarettes, and increase CDC Office on Smoking and Health funding (see H.R. 4425), H7835 [19SE]

——— prohibit e-cigarette flavors, require e-cigarette design standards, monitor public health risks, apply excise tax to e-cigarettes, and educate the public about health implications of e-cigarettes (see S. 2519), S5602 [19SE]

Taxation: deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 2550), S5747 [26SE]

——— impose a tax on nicotine used in vaping (see H.R. 4742), H8258 [18OC]

——— provide for regulation and taxation of electronic cigarettes and alternative nicotine products (see S. 2463), S5448 [11SE]

——— provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products (see S. 2517), S5602 [19SE]

——— require States to give preference in allocating low-income housing credit dollar amounts to projects which are committed to providing non-smoking buildings (see H.R. 4689), H8197 [16OC]

Letters

Impose ban on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes: Senator Durbin, S6635 [19NO]

Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act: Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Committee on Oversight and Reform (House), H8492 [28OC]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3942, Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act, H8536 [28OC]

Remarks in House

Advertising: prohibit electronic advertising of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (H.R. 4249), H7760 [18SE]

Amtrak: prohibit smoking on trains (H.R. 2726), H10275 [16DE], H10602 [17DE], E586 [14MY]

Government regulations: apply requirements relative to delivery sales of cigarettes to delivery sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems to prevent online purchase of e-cigarettes and accessories by children (H.R. 3942), H8491–H8493 [28OC], E1375 [30OC]

Waconia, MN: tribute to Waconia Help, Empower, and Respect Others (HERO) Coalition, H2107 [26FE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: address epidemic of e-cigarette use by young people, S6972 [11DE]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21, S7123 [18DE]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (S. 1541), S2964–S2966 [20MY], S3017 [22MY], S3066 [23MY], S4588 [27JN]

FDA: impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes, S5413 [11SE], S5456 [12SE], S6617 [18NO], S6634 [19NO], S7123 [18DE]

——— impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes and educate public about health risks, S5431 [11SE], S5549–S5551 [18SE]

——— impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes (S. 655), S5550 [18SE]

——— proposal to ban sale of menthol cigarettes, S257–S259 [16JA], S781–S785 [31JA]

Government regulations: apply requirements relative to delivery sales of cigarettes to delivery sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems to prevent online purchase of e-cigarettes and accessories by children (S. 1253), S2522 [30AP], S6586 [14NO], S6898 [9DE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S7060 [17DE]

Reports filed

Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2726) (H. Rept. 116–199), H7558 [9SE]

Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3942) (H. Rept. 116–260), H8537 [28OC]

Texts of

H.R. 2726, Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act, H10275 [16DE]

H.R. 3942, Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act, H8491 [28OC]

S. 1541, Tobacco-Free Youth Act, S2967 [20MY]

S. 1823, Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act, S3367 [12JN]

S. 2106, prohibit smoking on premises of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration facilities, S4809 [11JY]

S. 2517, Tobacco Tax Equity Act, S5605 [19SE]

S. 2865, Dept. of Veterans Affairs prohibition of smoking on Veterans Health Administration facilities premises, S6607 [14NO]

S. 3096, Providing Resources To End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (PREVENT) Act, S7159 [18DE]