Published in Law and Health Weekly, May 26th, 2007
This trend article is an immediate alert from NewsRx to identify the most recent news developments at Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Report 1: We applaud U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) for urging Congress to increase the federal cigarette tax to reduce youth smoking and help fund the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The U.S. Senate today voted 59-40 in support of Senator Smith's amendment to the budget resolution that puts the Senate on record as supporting an increase in the cigarette tax to help fund the SCHIP program. This is an...
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