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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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