(Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
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Intro: AN ACT
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act'. . . .
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The use of tobacco products by the Nation's children is a pediatric disease of considerable proportions that results in new generations of tobacco-dependent children and adults.
(2) A consensus exists within the scientific and medical communities that tobacco products are inherently dangerous and cause cancer, heart disease, and other serious adverse health effects.
(3) Nicotine is an addictive drug.
(4) Virtually all new users of tobacco products are under the minimum legal age to purchase such products.
(5) Tobacco advertising and marketing contribute significantly to the use of nicotine-containing tobacco products by adolescents.
(6) Because past efforts to restrict advertising and marketing of tobacco products have failed adequately to curb tobacco use by adolescents, comprehensive restrictions on the sale, promotion, and distribution of such products are needed.
(7) Federal and State governments have lacked the legal and regulatory authority and resources they need to address comprehensively the public health and societal problems caused by the use of tobacco products.
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