S.579 - Federal Tobacco Act of 2009 Sponsor: Richard Burr / 111th Congress

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111th Congress - A bill to establish a comprehensive Federal tobacco product regulatory program, to create a Tobacco Regulatory Agency, to prevent use of tobacco products by youth, and to provide protections for adult tobacco product users through the regulation of the tobacco products manufacturing industry. hidemore...
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A bill to establish a comprehensive Federal tobacco product regulatory program, to create a Tobacco Regulatory Agency, to prevent use of tobacco products by youth, and to provide protections for adult tobacco product users through the regulation of the tobacco products manufacturing industry. (by CRS)
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The bill has been introduced.

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Federal Tobacco Act Does Not Do Enough by Karen Chung, Jun 3, 2009 (9:43pm)

S. 579’s (111th) opposition criticize the piece of legislation for being “a flawed response to the public health threat posed by tobacco products.” This bill would create a new bureaucracy to oversee tobacco products. However, according to critics, a new bureaucracy would lack experience and the resources to effectively regulate tobacco products. On the other hand, H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, would hand the authority to the Food and Drug Administration, which H.R. 1256 supporters call “the best qualified and most experienced agency.” While H.R. 1256 would equip the FDA with useful regulatory powers, S. 579 would not give its new agency very much authority at all. For example, under S. 579, the new agency would not have the authority to regulate nicotine levels and removal of substances from tobacco products. Also, although S. 579 would restrict some current forms of tobacco marketing, the new agency would not have the power to restrict any new marketing tactics by tobacco companies. Though S. 579 may influence minor changes for the present, it is not equipped to do so in the future. It is unfortunate that Senator Hagan (D-NC) and Senator Burr (R-NC) have introduced such a lackluster bill to tackle such a serious public health threat posed by tobacco products.

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