Open Congress : News Articles for S.625 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Clanton: FDA needs the power to regulate tobacco

2008-06-22T20:00:00Z

The Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act, S. 625 and HR 1108, would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products ...

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Congressional Support Grows for FDA Regulation of Tobacco: Bill ...

2007-10-01T20:00:00Z

The legislation (HR 1108, S. 625) now has the support of 55 sponsors in the Senate and 200 sponsors in the House. This bipartisan support from both ...

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Congress must rein in tobacco ads

2007-09-25T20:00:00Z

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S.625/HR1108) is bipartisan legislation that will finally give the US Food and Drug Administration ...

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FDA needs authority to regulate addictive tobacco products

2007-09-04T20:00:00Z

I would like to take this opportunity to urge Congressman Pete Visclosky to support S.625 and HR 1108, legislation that would give the US Food and Drug ...

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Land: Bring tobacco under gov. oversight

2007-08-29T20:00:00Z

The group expressed its support for the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which is HR 1108 in the House of Representatives and S. 625 in ...

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New Report Underscores Need for Congress to Give FDA Authority ...

2007-08-15T20:00:00Z

Currently, identical bipartisan bills are pending in the US Senate (S. 625) and House of Representatives (HR 1108) that would give FDA authority over ...

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UST Comments on Legislative Actions Regarding Family Smoking ...

2007-07-31T20:00:00Z

1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to the proposed legislation (S. 625) that was the subject of a meeting today by the US Senate Committee on Health, ...

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To the editor:home&garden

2007-07-30T20:00:00Z

While some believe that giving the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco is long overdue (date of editorial, name of editorial), S.625, could have a deadly ...

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Burr Amendment Would Reduce Risk of Bad Legislation

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

"As written, S. 625 is not only a monument to Big Government and wasteful spending, it threatens to harm the very people it's supposed to be protecting ...

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Weird science

2007-07-23T20:00:00Z

Their proposed legislation, S. 625 and HR 1108, would assign primary regulatory responsibility for the massive tobacco industry to the already dangerously ...

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NACS Urges Congress to Reconsider FDA's Retail Tobacco-Regulating ...

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has scheduled a markup for identical legislation (S.625) on July 25. ...

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Lack of regulation is unacceptable

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

Members of Congress are currently considering the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S.625/HR 1108), which would — for the first time ...

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Lack of regulation is unacceptable

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

Members of Congress are currently considering the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S.625/HR 1108), which would — for the first time ...

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American Lung Association Applauds Institute Of Medicine Report ...

2007-05-29T20:00:00Z

Currently, identical bipartisan bills are pending in the US Senate (S. 625) and House of Representatives (HR 1108) that would give the FDA the authority ...

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Report: Raising Excise Taxes One Way to Lower US Smoking Rate

2007-05-23T20:00:00Z

Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, a co-sponsor of S 625, a bill that would provide FDA certain authority to regulate tobacco products, said in a press release Thursday, ...

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National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

2007-03-07T19:00:00Z

One of the greatest threats posed to the success of small businesses is government overregulation, and overregulation is exactly what S.625 seems to have in ...

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National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

2007-03-06T19:00:00Z

The bill in question is S. 625, introduced earlier this month by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA). This legislation, giving the Food and Drug Administration broad ...

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Two US Bills Might Lead to RFID Mandates

2007-03-06T19:00:00Z

The Safe Internet Pharmacy Act of 2007, S.625, seeks to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of Internet pharmacies. ...

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National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

2007-03-06T19:00:00Z

One of the greatest threats posed to the success of small businesses is government overregulation, and overregulation is exactly what S.625 seems to have in ...

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NLPC Tells US Senate: Amend S.625 to Permit Relative Risk Claims ...

2007-02-27T19:00:00Z

Yet S.625 would prohibit dissemination of this information by the manufacturers and marketers of tobacco products. Why?" Boehm asks. ...

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NLPC Tells US Senate: Amend S.625 to Permit Relative Risk Claims ...

2007-02-27T19:00:00Z

Yet S.625 would prohibit dissemination of this information by the manufacturers and marketers of tobacco products. Why?" Boehm asks. ...

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ACSH Statement for Senate Hearing on FDA Regulation of Tobacco

2007-02-26T19:00:00Z

As such, we are writing on behalf of ACSH to lend our voice to others who have criticized S.625, a bill recently introduced in the Senate and referred to ...

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