From a press release: March 13th, 2008 House Health Subcommittee Passes FDA Bill Late on Tuesday, March 11th, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health approved by a voice vote H.R. 1108, the bill that would grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.  Then, on a roll-call vote of 18-9, the Subcommittee on Health voted to send the FDA bill to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration.  The 18 representatives voting in favor of sending the bill to the House Energy and Commerce included all the Democrats on the subcommittee joined...

Update from the National Association of Tobacco Outlets Released: March 6th, 2008 Vote on FDA Bill Delayed Today, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health met to vote on H.R. 1108, the bill that would grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.  As reported by NATO Federal Legislative Director Jackie Cohen, all of the committee members were provided an opportunity to make an opening statement regarding the FDA bill.  Each of the Democrats strongly supported the bill while the Republican members reaffirmed their support for reducing youth smoking, but expressed concerns that the bill’s provisions...