U.S. House Casts Historic Vote to Protect Kids from Tobacco, Save Lives; Senate Should Act This Year and President Should Sign Bil... ( Statement of William V. Corr Exec...)

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U.S. House Casts Historic Vote to Protect Kids from Tobacco, Save Lives; Senate Should Act This Year and President Should Sign Bill Into Law

Date:7/30/2008

Statement of William V. Corr, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. House of Representatives today cast a truly historic vote to protect children from tobacco addiction and save lives by overwhelmingly approving legislation granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products. This is the first time the House has ever approved such legislation. Today's vote by a clear veto-proof margin of 326 to 102 underscores the broad, bipartisan support for this legislation and provides powerful momentum for enacting it into law this year.

The House vote is a giant step toward ending the special protection the tobacco industry has enjoyed for too long and at such great cost to the nation's health. Now the Senate should seize this unprecedented opportunity to protect the nation's health and approve this legislation when it returns in September. With 57 sponsors and several other senators who have committed to supporting the bill, the Senate has the votes to pass this legislation this year. It is disappointing that some of the President's advisors have said they would recommend a veto of the bill. We urge the President to support this historic effort to protect our children and address the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

We applaud the bill's sponsors, U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Health Subcommittee Chairman Frank Pallone for their leadership in moving this legislation forward. We are eager to continue working with them and the Senate sponsors, Senators Edward Kennedy and John Cornyn, to enact this legislation into law.

This legislation has strong support across the nation. It has been endorsed by more than 680 public health, medical, faith and other organizations (see list at

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