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OCR Page 1 of 63The McCain Bill Is Tougher than Ever on Teen Smoking
The Senate is moving much closer to passing the McCain bill, the toughest anti-youth
smoking legislation in history. The McCain bill would save a million lives over the
next five years by:
Raising the price of cigarettes by $1.10 over the next five years -- the single
most important step we can take to reduce youth smoking.
Imposing tough lookback surcharges on tobacco companies if youth smoking
does not decline by 67% over the next decade.
Reaffirming FDA's full authority over tobacco products.
Launching major nationwide efforts to reduce youth smoking, including a
nationwide counteradvertising campaign to warn young people not to smoke, state
and local tobacco education and prevention programs, and tough enforcement
measures to stop retailers from selling cigarettes to minors.
Taking other important steps to protect against the dangers of smoking,
including expanded warning labels on cigarettes, mandatory disclosure of
additives and cigarette ingredients, a nationwide ban on smoking in public
buildings, and substantial funding for smoking cessation programs.
Funding a major increase in health research at the National Institutes of Health
and the Centers for Disease Control, including clinical trials for cancer patients.
The McCain bill started strong
The Administration worked to secure several
important improvements to the bill that passed the Commerce Committee by a margin of
19-1 in April -- including stronger lookback surcharges, stronger environmental tobacco
smoke protections, elimination of the antitrust exemption and of liability protection for
parent companies, and substantial funding for public health and research as well as for
states and tobacco farmers.
and has gotten stronger. The full Senate passed an amendment by Senator Durbin
to increase company-specific lookback surcharges still further, and rejected an
amendment by Senator Ashcroft to remove the price increase from the bill. The Senate
has authorized additional uses for tobacco revenues -- with amendments on veterans
health, drug prevention, and (later today) targeted tax relief -- while keeping intact the
core efforts to reduce youth smoking and protect the public health.
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