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Please sign our OnLine Petition.
Elements of the Toxic-Tobacco Law
- Ban companies in the U.S. from making, marketing or importing cigarettes, cigars, chew, snuff, pipe tobacco, and cigarette tobacco.
- The ban will begin 5 years after Congress passes the Law, giving all stakeholders, like farmers and taxing jurisdictions, adequate time to adjust.
- Unlike Prohibition, adults will be "free" to import toxic-tobacco products or buy them from "federal stores".
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2. Gerace TA. Tobacco advertising and freedom of speech, letter to the editor. JAMA 2002;288:1586.
3. Gerace TA. The Toxic-Tobacco Law:"Appropriate remedial action." Journal of Public Health Policy 1999;20:394-407.
4. Seeley D. A solution to toxic tobacco dilemma. The Glendale-News-Press July 15,1999:A7.
Summary
The proposed Toxic-Tobacco Law will ban corporations in the United States from making, marketing or importing all toxic-tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless toxic-tobacco). To permit an adjustment period for all stakeholders such as farmers and taxing jurisdictions, the Law will go into effect 5 years after Congress passes it and the president signs it.
Unlike Prohibition, adults will be free to buy, use and import toxic-tobacco forever. During the five-year adjustment period, adults can buy products from their usual sources. After this period ends, adults can import toxic-tobacco products or buy them from "federal stores" (Journal of Public Health Policy. 1999;20:394-407).
Goal of the Toxic-Tobacco Law Coalition
The goal of the Toxic-Tobacco Law Coalition is to convince at least 51 senators (60 to overcome a filibuster threat), 218 members of the House of Representatives and the president to support the Law. These are the minimal numbers necessary to pass a law, if its bill can survive the often tortuous trip to the floors of Congress for votes.
But, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Long before we approach Congress, many other steps have to be taken. Among them is creating a viable coalition of respected organizations like the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and the American Medical Association, among others. (None of these groups currently belongs to the Coalition.)
For Congress to support the Toxic-Tobacco Law, its members need to know that a significant number of their constituents favor the Law. That's where our petition comes into play.
The Coalition is open to everyone who supports the Law, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, toxic-tobacco use status, place of residence or other demographic variables.
Members of the Coalition will not be asked for funds to support its activities since the Coalition relies on an all volunteer staff.