Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

Maine Closed Loophole, Strengthened Smoke-free Laws Maine approved legislation to strengthen their statewide smoke-free laws by eliminating the loophole that allowed certain workplace exemptions. Maine will have 100% comprehensive smoke-free policy when the new law goes into effect on September 8th.

Today marks a major victory for public health! After a decade long fight, a bill that would grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco products is finally being signed into law today by President Barack Obama. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act will ban the production of candy- and

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

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.