No... I think it is still a good find...
But it also does bring up: Why on all of the green earth do there need to be four separate bills for tobacco? What a waste of time and money.
Either way... more reading.
S. 579: Federal Tobacco Act of 2009 (GovTrack.us)
H.R. 1261: Youth Prevention and Tobacco Harm Reduction Act (GovTrack.us)
1261 was introduced by Buyer in the house and was not allowed by committee... which is bs considering the Waxman bill was only in committee for two days, so how they could determine Buyer's bill wasn't any good is beyond me. It's a good bill that focuses on tobacco harm reduction.
I have read minimal on 579... but I will now...
Whew! I almost had a panic attack! I thought I was maybe opposing something only to advance something worse!
I also found this excerpt from the Electronic Cigarette Blog and Store:
"The sensible policy solution is for US Congress to enact reasonable and responsible tobacco/nicotine regulatory policies to allow e-cigarettes and other smokefree nicotine products (that are marketed as alternatives to cigarettes) to remain on the market, and be regulated as a separate category of tobacco products. Smokefree tobacco harm reduction provisions in legislation recently introduced by Rep. Buyer (H.R. 1261) and Senators Burr/Hagan (S. 579) would achieve this policy goal. The US Senate also
can amend pending FDA tobacco legislation by Rep. Waxman (H.R. 1256) or soon-to-be-introduced legislation by Senator Kennedy with these or similar harm reduction provisions.
Most e-cigarette companies support reasonable and responsible regulations for their products. If the FDA is truly interested in reducing the leading cause of preventable disease, death and disability, it would join us in urging the US Senate to enact these sound public health policies." Bill Godshall, Smokefree Pennsylvania letter to the FDA.
