Tobacco Issues

9/9/2009 Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids: Letter urging Congress to support the continued inclusion of clinical and community preventive services in health reform legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

1/1/2007 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter to Members of Congress urging them to make federal regulation of tobacco products an urgent priority for the first session of the 110th Congress.

6/07/2006 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter sent to Dr. Cathy Backinger, Acting Director of the Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute submitting the organization's comments for the consideration of the upcoming NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation and Control.

5/25/2006 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez in reference to U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruling that major cigarette manufacturers have violated the civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

9/01/2005 United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Gladys Kessler, United States District Judge orders that the Motions of all constituent parties in United States v. Philip Morris, et. al., be granted Amici Curiae and be subject to any subsequent Orders of the Court.

8/24/2005 Attorneys of Record for Amici Curiae Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, et al.: Legal briefing filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Philip Morris , et. al., on behalf of the 19 health related groups including CADCA requesting a motion for granted leave; Legal briefing filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Philip Morris , et. al., providing suggestions to assist the Court in developing a set of remedies that to achieve the maximum benefit for public health under the constraints of current law.

6/17/2005 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of the United States Department of Justice expressing concern over development in the Justice Department's case against the tobacco industry.

3/31/2005 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter urging Members of the House of Representatives to cosponsor the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1376) introduced by Representative Tom David (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA), which would provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with effective authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products.

3/31/2005 Friends of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Letter urging Members of the House of Representatives to join the Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health, a bipartisan congressional caucus working for public policies to discourage tobacco use and promote good health.

3/31/2005 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter urging Members of Congress to cosponsor Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act S. 666, introduced by Senators Mike DeWine (R-OH) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA), which would provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with effective authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products.

2/24/2005 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter urging President Bush to send the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the international tobacco control treaty, to the United States Senate to be considered immediately for ratification.

1/21/2005 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter in support of proposed coverage for tobacco cessation counseling services under Medicare sent to Director Marcel Salive, MD, MPH of Division of Medical and Surgical Services, Coverage and Analysis Group.

6/04/2004 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter was sent to Members of the House of Representatives asking them to oppose tacking on to the Foreign Sales Corporation/ Extraterritorial Income tax legislation (FSC/ETI) a bill that would provide a buyout of tobacco quota holders and growers that would ultimately benefit tobacco companies.

8/25/2003 Tobacco-Free Kids Campaign: Letter was sent to selected Senators urging them to support S. 1177 that was introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI). This bill hopes to curtail the alarming growth of excise tax evasion on tobacco products sold over the Internet.

6/02/2003 Tobacco-Free Kids Campaign: Letter to selected Representatives to express our concerns about “reduced risk” tobacco products and smokeless tobacco that the marketing and health claims associated with these products are misleading

5/05/2003 Tobacco-Free Kids Campaign: Letter to selected Senators to tell them that we oppose S. 274 - Class Action Fairness Act of 2003. This bill could possibly threaten future tobacco class-action lawsuits by moving them from state courts to federal courts.

3/24/2003 National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids: Petition to the FDA to determine that NICOwater – a product containing bottled water and four milligrams of nicotine – is not a homeopathic remedy under the FFDCA.

9/19/2002 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Bill to grant FDA authority over tobacco products which will protect kids, save lives and end special protection for big tobacco.

7/12/2002 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Newspaper article stating that we need FDA regulation of tobacco because big tobacco just won’t quit.

3/31/2002 Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy (PARTNERS): Letter to Congressional Members to appropriate $130 million to support the activities of the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-OSH).