[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 3 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Pages 181-183]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13193--Federal Leadership on Global Tobacco Control and 
Prevention

January 18, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy of the executive branch to 
take strong action to address the potential global epidemic of diseases 
caused by tobacco use. The executive branch shall undertake activities 
to increase its capacity to address global tobacco prevention and 
control issues through coordinated domestic action, limited bilateral 
assistance to individual nations, and support to multilateral 
organizations. International activities shall be directed towards 
deterring children from tobacco use, protecting nonsmokers, and 
providing information about the adverse health effects of tobacco use 
and the health benefits of cessation.

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    Sec. 2. Responsibilities of Federal Departments and Agencies. (a) 
Tobacco Trade Policy. In the implementation of international trade 
policy, executive departments and agencies shall not promote the sale or 
export of tobacco or tobacco products, or seek the reduction or removal 
of foreign government restrictions on the marketing and advertising of 
such products, provided that such restrictions are applied equally to 
all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. Departments and 
agencies are not precluded from taking necessary actions in accordance 
with the requirements and remedies available under applicable United 
States trade laws and international agreements to ensure 
nondiscriminatory treatment of United States products. Nothing in this 
Executive Order shall be construed (1) to modify the annual executive 
branch guidance to United States diplomatic posts on health, trade, and 
commercial aspects of tobacco, or (2) to affect any negotiating position 
of the United States on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
    (b) The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Role in 
Tobacco Trade Policy Deliberations. The HHS shall be included in all 
deliberations of interagency working groups, chaired by the United 
States Trade Representative (USTR), that address issues relating to 
trade in tobacco and tobacco products. Through such participation, HHS 
shall advise the USTR, and other interested Federal agencies, of the 
potential public health impact of any tobacco-related trade action that 
is under consideration. Upon conclusion of a trade agreement that 
includes provisions specifically addressing tobacco or tobacco products, 
the USTR shall produce and make publicly available a summary describing 
those provisions.
    (c) International Tobacco Control Needs Assessment. The HHS, with 
the cooperation of the Departments of State, Commerce, and Agriculture, 
and in consultation with the appropriate national Ministry of Health, 
shall conduct a pilot assessment of tobacco use in a country other than 
the United States. Such assessment will be carried out through a 
compilation and review of surveys and other needs assessments already 
available and include:
      (1) initial estimates of the burden of disease and other public 
      health consequences of tobacco use;
      (2) the status of tobacco control regulatory measures in place to 
      curtail tobacco consumption and tobacco related disease; and
      (3) an analysis of the marketing, distribution, and manufacturing 
      practices of tobacco companies in given regions, and the impact of 
      those practices on smoking rates, particularly among women and 
      children.
     Such assessment shall be prepared and provided to interested 
agencies and other parties not later than December 31, 2001, and be 
updated as practicable.
    (d) Research and Training in Tobacco Control. The HHS will develop a 
research and training program linking institutions in the United States 
and certain other countries in the field of tobacco control. Emphasis 
will be placed on the collection of standardized and comparable 
surveillance data; networks for communication, information and best 
practices; and the development and evaluation of culturally-targeted 
approaches to preventing tobacco use and increasing quit rates, 
especially among women and children.
    Sec. 3. General. (a) Executive departments and agencies shall carry 
out the provisions of this order to the extent permitted by law and 
consistent with their statutory and regulatory authorities and their 
enforcement mechanisms.
    (b) This order clarifies and strengthens Administration policy and 
does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
January 18, 2001.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 22, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
January 23.

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