House Resolution 112 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2         BY  JOCHUM, MASCHER, LENSING, WINCKLER,
  1  3                  and WESSEL=KROESCHELL
  1  4 A Resolution urging the United States Congress to
  1  5    authorize the United States Food and Drug
  1  6    Administration to regulate tobacco products.
  1  7    WHEREAS, according to the campaign for tobacco=free
  1  8 kids, tobacco use remains the nation's leading
  1  9 preventable cause of death, killing more than 400,000
  1 10 people annually; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, the centers for disease control and
  1 12 prevention of the United States Department of Health
  1 13 and Human Services estimate that tobacco use causes
  1 14 over $89 billion in annual health care expenditures,
  1 15 including over $28 billion in total annual Medicaid
  1 16 costs; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, to date, efforts to restrict advertising
  1 18 and marketing of tobacco products have failed to
  1 19 substantially reduce the use of tobacco products,
  1 20 especially by children; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, the state and federal governments have
  1 22 lacked the legal and regulatory authority to
  1 23 comprehensively address the public health problems
  1 24 caused by the use of tobacco products; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the sale, distribution, marketing,
  1 26 advertising, and use of tobacco products are
  1 27 activities that involve and substantially affect
  1 28 interstate commerce; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to authorize
  1 30 the United States Food and Drug Administration to
  2  1 regulate tobacco products; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, such authority would include, but not be
  2  3 limited to, the authority to regulate the levels of
  2  4 tar, nicotine, and other harmful components of tobacco
  2  5 products, to regulate the advertising and promotion of
  2  6 tobacco products so that consumers are better
  2  7 informed, and to ensure effective oversight of the
  2  8 tobacco industry's efforts to develop, introduce, and
  2  9 promote less harmful tobacco products; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 11 That the United States Congress is urged to pass, and
  2 12 the President is urged to sign, legislation to
  2 13 authorize the United States Food and Drug
  2 14 Administration to regulate tobacco products under the
  2 15 United States Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, 21 U.S.C.
  2 16 } 301 et seq.; and
  2 17    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 18 Resolution be transmitted to the President of the
  2 19 United States and to each member of the Iowa
  2 20 congressional delegation.
  2 21 LSB 6243HH 81
  2 22 pf:nh/sh/8