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Tobacco Liability [2]

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TOBACCO- LIABILITY PREPARED STATEMENT OF DAVID W. OGDEN, COUNSELOR TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to testify today on behalf of the Department of Justice regarding the civil liability portions of the proposed tobacco settlement. I. Introduction On September 17th of last year, and again in his State of the Union speech, the President made clear his strong desire to work with this Congress in a bipartisan fashion to enact national tobacco legislation. For our part, the Justice Department is eager to work closely with this Committee and the Congress to ensure that sound, comprehensive legislation is enacted. Smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco have had a devastating impact on our society in terms of death and human suffering. This cycle of disease and death is renewed each day, as 3,000 children and teenagers begin smoking regularly. The President and this Congress are faced with an historic opportunity -- and profound responsibility -- to address one of this country's greatest single health problems. We praise the hard work and leadership of the President, the states' attorneys general and other public health advocates, whose unwavering efforts have been instrumental in creating this opportunity. We offer the following remarks in the hope of facilitating the development and passage of comprehensive national legislation regarding tobacco products. II. Events Leading up to the Present Consideration of the Proposed Tobacco Settlement Working closely over the last several years, State and Federal officials have dramatically altered the legal landscape faced by the tobacco industry. For decades, individuals harmed by the use of tobacco had little recourse -- those that sued the tobacco companies always lost and regulatory agencies took no action to regulate tobacco to prevent

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