American Lung Association Applauds Senate HELP Committee For Strong Commitment To Public Health

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking
Also Included In: Lung Cancer;  Public Health
Article Date: 02 Aug 2007 - 0:00 PST

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Today's passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) is truly historic. This legislation will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority it needs to regulate the products responsible for more than 438,000 deaths each year.

The American Lung Association thanks Chairman Ted Kennedy for his long commitment to protecting public health and for his leadership moving this legislation forward. Senators Kennedy, Bingaman, Brown, Clinton, Dodd, Gregg, Harkin, Mikulski, Murkowski, Murray, Obama, Reed and Sanders are commended for their vote to support this life saving bill.

With a strong, bipartisan majority of Senators cosponsoring the bill, Majority Leader Reid must schedule prompt floor action on this legislation. The HELP Committee action sends a strong signal to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell to complete his consideration on the legislation and move it forward.

American Lung Association
American Lung Association