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• Latest Action: Jun 22, 2009 Signed by President.

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce

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• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce - Health

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This bill's most-recent vote occurred on June 12, 2009, with a roll call of 307 ayes, 97 nays, and 30 not voting.
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• Allows the FDA to make public cigarette ingredients, ban misleading labels like "low tar", and ban marketing targeted at children. Also requires new warning labels on cartons.

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Supporting Organizations

• National Education Association

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• American Academy of Family Physicians

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• American Dental Education Association

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• American Dental Association

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• American College of Cardiology

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• American Psychological Association

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• Hadassah

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• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

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• National Association of School Nurses

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• American Thoracic Society

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• United Church of Christ

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• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• Ohio State Medical Association

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• Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth

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• American Acedemy of Nurse Practitioners

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• Christian Action League of North Carolina

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• Philip Morris USA

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• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

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• American Heart Association

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• American Cancer Society

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• American Lung Association

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• Islamic Society of North America

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• United Methodist Church

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• American Medical Association

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• American Baptist Churches USA

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• Women's Christian Temperance Union

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• International Parish Resource Center

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• Altria Group

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• Seventh Day Adventists

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• Interdenomination Ministerial Alliance

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• World Sikh-Council, American Region

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• Health Ministries Association

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• Church of the Brethren

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• Christian Church

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• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsability

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• Church Women United

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• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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• American Association for Cancer Reserach

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• American College of Chest Physicians

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• American Association for Respiratory Care

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• Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

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• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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• Presbyterian Church, USA

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• American College of Preventive Medicine

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• American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

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• National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

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• Lung Cancer Alliance

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• National Episcopal Health Ministries

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• American Public Health Associtaion

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• Institute of Medicine

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• American Society of Clinical Oncology

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• Partnership for Prevention

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• National Hispanic Medical Association

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• Oncology Nursing Society

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• National African American Tobacco Prevention Network

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• Society for Public Health Education

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• American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

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• American Society of Addiction Medicine

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• American Dental Hygienists' Association

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• The Heart Failure Society of America

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• Heart Rythm Society

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• Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

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• Society for Vascular Medicine

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• National Association of County and City Health Officials

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• American School Health Association

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• Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America

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• Children's Defense Fund

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• National Latino Council of Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention

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• American Acedmy of Pediatrics

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• LiveStrong: The Lance Amstrong Foundation

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• Delta Dental

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• Directors of Health Promotion and Education

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Opposing Organizations

• Lorillard Tobacco Company

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• Magazine Publishers of America

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• American Advertising Federation

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• Washington State Medical Association

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• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

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• American Council on Science and Health

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• Competitive Enterprise Institute

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• Association of Natinoal Advertisers

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• American Association of Advertising Agencies

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• U.S. Tobacco Cooperative

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• Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina

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• On June 17, 2009, by ramanajan - Yes, or a line item veto.

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• On June 12, 2009, by juliab123 - no more spending, no more government intervention, stay out of our lives

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• On June 15, 2009, by Concern4Constitution - We need a constitutional ammendment: ONE ISSUE PER BILL

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Highly Rated Blog Articles

• Overview - OpenCongress - March 29, 2011 by opencongress.org - Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as ...

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• Kretek From | Smoking With Abe - March 11, 2011 by admin - You speak Tobacco Prevention Family and snuff Control Act. Is it to prevent children from being trapped. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1256/show: Explained by the current legislation is here: ...

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• HR 1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Your ... - December 24, 2010 by Your Stop Smoking Blog - House Chamber, Washington, DC April 2, 2009 M. Speaker: Today this house passed HR 1256, which takes tobacco regulation to a.

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• Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act targets kids and use - August 23, 2010 by Sentinel-Standard - ... essentially change the way the United States regulates tobacco, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR 1256). ...

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• FDA Mulling Ban on Menthol Cigarettes - August 17, 2010 by MSN Health & Fitness - ... JD, general counsel, American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC; HR 1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; National Cancer Institute, ...

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• FDA attempts to douse industry efforts to market tobacco to kids with smoking ... - June 24, 2010 by Gather.com - ... finally went into effect Tuesday, June 22, 2010, as part of the larger law, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), or HR 1256. ...

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