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OCR Page 1 of 11SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Public health authorities have long claimed that use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
products, particularly by adolescents, is a public health and societal problem of the greatest
importance to the nation. The proposed resolution, which would be implemented through
legislation and a binding contractual protocol to be entered into by participating members of the
tobacco industry, mandates a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are
manufactured, marketed and distributed in the United States:
(1) by seeking to prevent underage access to, and dramatically reduce underage use of,
tobacco products;
(2) by confirming the Food & Drug Administration's authority to regulate tobacco
products under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, with certain provisions applicable to tobacco
products;
(3) by mandating changes in the corporate culture of tobacco companies;
(4) by setting national requirements limiting smoking in public places (with State and
local governments remaining free to set more stringent requirements);
(5) by requiring that the participating members of the tobacco industry pay hundreds of
billions of dollars to fund medical research; public education; cessation programs; health-care
costs incurred by federal, state and local governments; and federal and state enforcement of the
restrictions imposed by the proposed resolution;
(6) by preserving the rights of individuals to sue the tobacco industry;
(7) by ensuring that members of the tobacco industry who seek to avoid the strictures of
the new regime will be held fully accountable for any injuries their products may cause; and
(8) by establishing a comprehensive regime of federal regulation and federal and state
enforcement to implement these requirements.
The principal details follow.
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Prevention of Underage Use of Tobacco Products
The proposed resolution strikes at the core problem of underage consumption of tobacco
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