House Passes Historic Bill to Protect Kids From Tobacco; Senators Webb & Warner Should Cosponsor L... (sclosing them (such assecretly increasin...)

House Passes Historic Bill to Protect Kids From Tobacco; Senators Webb & Warner Should Cosponsor Legislation

Date:7/30/2008

sclosing them (such as secretly increasing nicotine levels in cigarette smoke), and resist any meaningful change to make their products less harmful.

The Senate bill, sponsored by U.S. Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John Cornyn (R-TX), has 57 sponsors and cosponsors. The legislation is also supported by more than 680 public health, faith and other organizations across the country, including every major national public health organization. Regulation of tobacco products by the FDA was endorsed last year by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the President's Cancer Panel. A poll conducted in June found that 70 percent of American voters support Congress passing the legislation.

Tobacco use is the nation's leading preventable cause of death, killing more than 400,000 people and costing more than $96 billion in health care costs each year. In Virginia, tobacco use kills 9,300 residents each year and costs the state $2 billion in health care bills annually. Currently, more than 21 percent of Virginia high school students smoke.

SOURCE Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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