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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 105 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 16, through page 4, 1 3 line 20, and inserting the following: 1 4 "WHEREAS, the tobacco industry produces products 1 5 that annually kill over 400,000 persons in the United 1 6 States and, despite substantial, ongoing and 1 7 successful local, state and national public health 1 8 efforts, tobacco products remain the principal 1 9 avoidable cause of death in the United States; and 1 10 WHEREAS, Iowa should lead the nation in enacting 1 11 strong and effective measures to provide freedom from 1 12 environmental tobacco smoke, curb youth access to 1 13 tobacco products, and otherwise protect citizens' 1 14 health from harm caused by tobacco products; and 1 15 WHEREAS, the tobacco industry has lied to the 1 16 public and policy makers about the information the 1 17 industry possesses, quashed relevant scientific data 1 18 about the damaging health effects of tobacco, and 1 19 improperly utilized industry attorneys to claim such 1 20 information as privileged; and 1 21 WHEREAS, for decades, the tobacco industry has 1 22 targeted industry advertising and promotional 1 23 campaigns toward minors, despite the fact that it is 1 24 illegal in Iowa and every other state in the nation to 1 25 sell tobacco products to minors; and 1 26 WHEREAS, mounting medical assistance claims 1 27 attributable to tobacco-related illnesses prompted 40 1 28 states, including Iowa, to seek legal recovery from 1 29 the tobacco industry; and 1 30 WHEREAS, to consolidate legal efforts, the 1 31 attorneys general who represent the plaintiff states 1 32 entered into negotiations with the defendant cigarette 1 33 manufacturers in an effort to reach a unified 1 34 settlement to compensate states for medical assistance 1 35 costs, and on June 20, 1997, the major cigarette 1 36 manufacturers and some state attorneys general 1 37 announced that they had reached a settlement that 1 38 would require congressional approval; and 1 39 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa currently has a lawsuit 1 40 pending against the tobacco companies which would be 1 41 preempted by the proposed settlement; and 1 42 WHEREAS, the proposed settlement would provide 1 43 compensation to the states and would provide for 1 44 promulgation of regulations to be enforced by the 1 45 federal food and drug administration, in cooperation 1 46 with state action; and 1 47 WHEREAS, the most significant and effective 1 48 deterrent to tobacco industry misconduct is to hold 1 49 tobacco companies fully accountable for the injury, 1 50 misery, and death caused by use of industry products; 2 1 NOW THEREFORE, 2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 3 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the president of the 2 4 United States and the Congress of the United States 2 5 are urged to accept national tobacco control 2 6 legislation that would protect Iowa's ability to 2 7 protect the public health from tobacco products, 2 8 including legislation that protects Iowa youth; and 2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in order to evaluate 2 10 the effectiveness of any tobacco control measures, all 2 11 documents that bear on public health or tobacco 2 12 industry misconduct, including those claimed to be 2 13 privileged, shall be disclosed, including information 2 14 regarding nicotine and additives, environmental 2 15 tobacco smoke, fire-safe cigarettes, and public 2 16 relations and marketing campaigns; and 2 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That to reduce the harm 2 18 from tobacco, tobacco control legislation shall 2 19 include full federal food and drug administration and 2 20 state authority to regulate tobacco products without 2 21 any procedural hurdles or substantive burdens, 2 22 incentives to reduce tobacco use by minors, penalties 2 23 against the industry if reduced youth smoking targets 2 24 are not met, a ban on advertising aimed at children, 2 25 antitobacco educational campaigns, tough restrictions 2 26 on youth access to tobacco products, a nationwide 2 27 tobacco cessation effort, efforts to reduce tobacco 2 28 use internationally, and funds for enforcement; and". 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 JOHNIE HAMMOND 2 33 SCR 105.501 77 2 34 pf/jw/28
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