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Recently, the 101th member of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on as a cosponsor to legislation that will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products.  Please take a minute to urge your Member of Congress to join the list of Members who are committed to protecting the public health and our kids from tobacco products.

Last year, Representatives Tom Davis (R-Va) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation supported by the public health community that would give the U.S Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products. 

By cosponsoring this legislation, Members of Congress are sending a message to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives that it is time for Congress to act.  Thousands of children are becoming addicted to tobacco products and the tobacco industry is coming up with new marketing strategies, such as candy- and alcohol-flavored cigarettes, to lure more children to take up smoking.  Unless Congress acts to protect our kids, Big Tobacco will continue to target them. 

In 2004, Congress came extremely close to enacting legislation granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco products. Unfortunately, the leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked the bill. 

Don't let anymore time pass! Send a letter today to your Representative to protect kids from tobacco and promote public health by supporting FDA authority to regulate tobacco products and advertising claims.