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Lung Cancer Alliance Issues Statement on FDA Tobacco Regulation Bill
July 4th, 2009
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly endorsed the U.S. Senate version of the FDA tobacco regulation bill with a 307-97 vote -- an emphatic exclamation point for the successful conclusion of a decade long battle. The final stop is the President's desk and a signing ceremony is expected to be held next week. Lung Cancer Alliance President Laurie Fenton Ambrose called its passage an historic moment in public history. "This legislation recognizes that nicotine is a highly addictive drug that tobacco companies have deliberately used fraudulent and deceptive marketing to hook new smokers as young as possible, and must...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-07-04)
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