On Thursday, July 15, 2004 the United States Senate voted to approve legislation that provides the Food and Drug Administration with the power to regulate all tobacco products.

This would give the FDA the authority to:

• Restrict advertising and promotions that appeal to children.
• Stop illegal sales of tobacco products to children.
• Require changes in tobacco products, such as the reduction or elimination of harmful chemicals, to make them less toxic or less addictive.
• Prohibit unsubstantiated health claims about so-called “reduced risk” tobacco products that would have the effect of discouraging current tobacco users from quitting or encouraging new users to start.
• Require the disclosure of the contents of tobacco products and tobacco industry research about the health effects of their products.
• Require larger and more informative health warnings on tobacco products.

View a summary of the key aspects of this bill.
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