Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2007 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration, including through disclosure, annual registration, inspection, recordkeeping, and user fee requirements.
Sets forth criteria by which tobacco products are deemed adulterated or misbranded.
Allows the Secretary to require prior approval of all label statements.
Allows the Secretary to restrict the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including advertising and promotion, if the Secretary determines that such regulation would be appropriate for the protection of the public health. Prohibits such regulations from: (1) limiting product sales or distribution to authorization of a practitioner licensed to prescribe medical products; (2) prohibiting product sales in face-to-face transactions by a specific category of retail outlets; or (3) establishing a minimum age greater than 18 years of age for product purchases.
Prohibits cigarettes from containing any artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, cinnamon, or coffee.
Requires the Secretary to establish tobacco product standards to protect the public health, but reserves to Congress the power to ban any tobacco products or reduce the nicotine level to zero.
Allows the Secretary to take specified actions, including public notification and recall, against unreasonably harmful products.
Requires premarket approval of all new tobacco products.
Sets forth standards for the sale of modified risk tobacco products.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) judicial review; (2) coordination with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (3) congressional review of regulations; and (4) state and local authority.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change cigarette warning label and advertising requirements.
Amends the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to change smokeless tobacco warning label and advertising requirements.
Cosponsors 59
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Feb 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | May 25, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Sep 28, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Apr 21, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Sep 23, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2007Hearings Feb 27, 2007Markup Aug 1, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 27, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2058-2059)
- Feb 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2059-2075)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2440 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2058Text printed S2059–S2075 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (text) | Feb 15, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jan 30, 2008S. 625, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on August 1, 2007</p>
- Jan 30, 2008S. 625, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on August 1, 2007
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1118 | THE ACCURACY OF THE FTC TAR AND NICOTINE CIGARETTE RATING SYSTEM88 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-58 | IMAGES KIDS SEE ON THE SCREEN110 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 22, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-100 | THE NEED FOR FDA REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS230 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 27, 2007 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40475 | FDA Tobacco Regulation: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 Archived | Report | May 28, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1108 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Identical bill | Aug 1, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Advertising
- Agriculture and Food
- Business records
- Cancer
- Carcinogens
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Chemicals
- Child health
- Cigarettes
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional powers
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Deceptive advertising
- Defective products
- Dental care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disciplining of employees
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug adulteration
- Drug approvals
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Exports
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal preemption
- Federal Trade Commission
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freedom of information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health warnings
- Herbs
- Identification devices
- Imports
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Intellectual property
- Judicial review
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Local laws
- Lung cancer
- Lung diseases
- Marketing
- Medical ethics
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Mortality
- New products
- Nicotine
- Packaging
- Patients' rights
- Pesticides
- Pregnant women
- Product counterfeiting
- Product safety
- Public health
- Public service advertising
- Quality control
- Research and development
- Restrictive trade practices
- Retail trade
- Right of privacy
- Risk
- Sales promotion
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smokeless tobacco
- Smoking
- Smoking and youth
- Smuggling
- Spices
- Standards
- State laws
- Storage
- Stroke
- Surveys
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Tobacco
- Tobacco exports
- Tobacco industry
- Tobacco research
- Trade regulation
- Trade secrets
- Trademarks
- User charges
- Warning labels
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
