Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | |
2009-2010 |
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 Primary Source See |
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.
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Oct 14, 2009 12:31 AM - Does the flavor tobacco products include such products like Hookah Tobacco? -
Answer it! Oct 21, 2009 2:01 PM - Since the ban was enacted has anyone been able to "successfully" order online AND receive clove cigarettes? -
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Sources of Influence
MAPLight.org reports that the following organizations have taken a stance on this bill:
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Philip Morris USA Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids American Heart Association American Cancer Society American Lung Association Altria Group American Medical Association United Methodist Church Seventh Day Adventists Women's Christian Temperance Union Islamic Society of North America Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations World Sikh-Council, American Region American Baptist Churches USA International Parish Resource Center Interdenomination Ministerial Alliance Health Ministries Association Church of the Brethren Presbyterian Church, USA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA National Episcopal Health Ministries Christian Church Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsability Church Women United United Church of Christ Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Lung Cancer Alliance American Public Health Associtaion Institute of Medicine American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy of Family Physicians American Association for Cancer Reserach American Association for Respiratory Care American College of Cardiology American College of Chest Physicians American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine American College of Preventive Medicine American Dental Association American Dental Education Association American Dental Hygienists' Association American Psychological Association American School Health Association American Society of Addiction Medicine American Society of Clinical Oncology American Thoracic Society Children's Defense Fund Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America Hadassah National African American Tobacco Prevention Network National Education Association National Hispanic Medical Association National Latino Council of Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention Oncology Nursing Society Partnership for Prevention Society for Public Health Education National Association of County and City Health Officials Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism American Society of Nuclear Cardiology The Heart Failure Society of America Heart Rythm Society Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Society for Vascular Medicine American Acedmy of Pediatrics LiveStrong: The Lance Amstrong Foundation Delta Dental Ohio State Medical Association Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Directors of Health Promotion and Education National Association of School Nurses American Acedemy of Nurse Practitioners Christian Action League of North Carolina | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Lorillard Tobacco Company American Council on Science and Health American Advertising Federation Competitive Enterprise Institute Association of Natinoal Advertisers American Association of Advertising Agencies Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Washington State Medical Association Magazine Publishers of America |
Follow the link to MAPLight.org to see if campaign contributions from employees of these organizations are correlated with how Members of Congress voted on this bill.
