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6-12-09 Maine Statehouse Update

It is my great pleasure to share the news that the Congress has passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and that the President will soon sign it into law. The bill, which gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and sale of tobacco products, was passed by the Senate yesterday in a bipartisan vote of 79 to 17 and was approved by the House today in another lopsided vote of 307-97.

It is my great pleasure to tell you that the US Senate just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S 982/HR ), which gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and sales of tobacco products. The bill was approved in

Just before Memorial Day, the Senate voted to finalize its Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal. Following a similar trend of the House of Representatives, the Senate has voted to make cuts in the Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Programs along with the Tobacco Control Program, yet the two branches differ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2009 BIG TOBACCO TACTICS THAT PREYED ON KIDS ARE BANNED BY HISTORIC BILL Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding U.S. Senate passage of the Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act. “This historic legislation thwarts decades of

The era of Big Tobacco is coming to an end. Senate just passed FDA regulation of tobacco products! This critical piece of legislation will rein in a rogue industry that has peddled its poisonous products for far too long.

An audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found that junk food is routinely sold in New York City schools through vending machines and school stores. These sales undermine efforts of the federal and state governments and the New York City Department of Education to reduce