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.

2/15/2007--Introduced.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration, including through disclosure, annual registration, inspection, recordkeeping, and user fee requirements. Sets forth criteria by which tobacco products are deemed adulterated or misbranded. Allows the Secretary to require prior approval of all label statements. Allows the Secretary to restrict the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including advertising and promotion, if the Secretary determines that such regulation would be appropriate for the protection of the public health. Prohibits such regulations from:
(1) limiting product sales or distribution to authorization of a practitioner licensed to prescribe medical products;
(2) prohibiting product sales in face-to-face transactions by a specific category of retail outlets; or
(3) establishing a minimum age greater than 18 years of age for product purchases. Prohibits cigarettes from containing any artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, cinnamon, or coffee. Requires the Secretary to establish tobacco product standards to protect the public health, but reserves to Congress the power to ban any tobacco products or reduce the nicotine level to zero. Allows the Secretary to take specified actions, including public notification and recall, against unreasonably harmful products. Requires premarket approval of all new tobacco products. Sets forth standards for the sale of modified risk tobacco products. Sets forth provisions regarding:
(1) judicial review;
(2) coordination with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC);
(3) congressional review of regulations; and
(4) state and local authority. Requires the Secretary to establish a Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change cigarette warning label and advertising requirements. Amends the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to change smokeless tobacco warning label and advertising requirements.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
• and 59 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
  • Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Norm Coleman
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Pete Domenici
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
  • Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
  • Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
  • Barack Obama
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
  • Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Gordon Smith
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Ted Stevens
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.625

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 15, 2007

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• Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. S-211. 10:00 a.m.
• Added to calendar on Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably..
• Jul 26, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-325. 9:30 a.m.
• Jul 25, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-106. 10:00 a.m.
• Feb 27, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
• Introduced on Feb 15, 2007.
• Feb 15, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2058-2059)
• Feb 15, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2058-2059)
• Feb 15, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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June 23, 2008 Clanton: FDA needs the power to regulate tobacco

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September 26, 2007 Congress must rein in tobacco ads

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