S.625 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. as introduced.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as introduced.

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06/22/08
Clanton: FDA needs the power to regulate tobacco

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 ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman, TX
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10/01/07
Congressional Support Grows for FDA Regulation of Tobacco: Bill ...

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 ...

Source: 金融界, China
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09/25/07
Congress must rein in tobacco ads

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

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
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09/04/07
FDA needs authority to regulate addictive tobacco products

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 ...

Source: Chesterton Tribune,  United States
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08/29/07
Land: Bring tobacco under gov. oversight

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 ...

Source: BP News, TN
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08/15/07
New Report Underscores Need for Congress to Give FDA Authority ...

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

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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07/31/07
UST Comments on Legislative Actions Regarding Family Smoking ...

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, ...

Source: CNNMoney.com
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07/30/07
To the editor:home&garden

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 ...

Source: Cherokee Sentinel, NC
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07/25/07
Burr Amendment Would Reduce Risk of Bad Legislation

"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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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07/23/07
Weird science

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

Source: Washington Times, DC
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07/19/07
NACS Urges Congress to Reconsider FDA's Retail Tobacco-Regulating ...

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

Source: Compliance Home, IA
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06/06/07
Lack of regulation is unacceptable

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

Source: Robertson County Times, TN
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06/06/07
Lack of regulation is unacceptable

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

Source: The Tennessean, TN
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05/29/07
American Lung Association Applauds Institute Of Medicine Report ...

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 ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release), UK
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05/23/07
Report: Raising Excise Taxes One Way to Lower US Smoking Rate

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, ...

Source: Congressional Quarterly, DC
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03/07/07
National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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03/06/07
National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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03/06/07
Two US Bills Might Lead to RFID Mandates

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. ...

Source: RFID Journal, NY
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03/06/07
National Black Chamber Opposes New FDA Tobacco Regulations

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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
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02/27/07
NLPC Tells US Senate: Amend S.625 to Permit Relative Risk Claims ...

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

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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02/27/07
NLPC Tells US Senate: Amend S.625 to Permit Relative Risk Claims ...

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

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
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02/26/07
ACSH Statement for Senate Hearing on FDA Regulation of Tobacco

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 ...

Source: American Council on Science and Health, NY
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