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Information on the history, drafting, enactment, implementation and enforcement of the [[Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1108) 2007|Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act]], ultimately approved by Congress in June, 2009, to have the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] regulate tobacco products.

==Current info==
The newly-passed [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124474789599707175.html FDA tobacco bill], and the restrictions it places on cigarette [[advertising]], are already drawing opposition from the [[Association of National Advertisers]] (ANA), a group of 340 companies that spend more than $100 billion a year on marketing and advertising. The new rules will ban outdoor advertising for tobacco within [[Tobacco industry marketing aimed at youth|1,000 feet of schools and playgrounds]], and restrict many forms of print advertising to black-and-white text only. The ANA predicts that federal courts will throw out the new marketing restrictions. Tobacco companies have also started complaining about the bill's restrictions. Even [[Altria Group]], the parent company of [[Phillip Morris]], which helped [[Regulatory Strategy Project|draft the bill and supported the legislation]], said in a statement last week that it believed some of the marketing restrictions were illegal. Legal experts have said a court challenge of the bill on First Amendment grounds is virtually certain.<ref>Duff Wilson [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/16tobacco.html?_r=1&ref=global-home Tobacco Regulation Is Expected to Face a Free-Speech Challenge], ''New York Times'', June 15, 2009</ref>

==Sourcewatch resources and articles==
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/8393 Senator Reveals Philip Morris Co-Authored FDA Tobacco Bill]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/8415 Advertisers, Altria Oppose Restrictions in Tobacco Bill]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/6351 The Untold Story of How & Why Philip Morris is Pushing for FDA Regulation]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/8134 Is the FDA Tobacco Bill the "Altria Earnings Protection Act"?]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/5649 As Nicotine Dose Increases, So Must Awareness of the Pitfalls of FDA Regulation]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/5753 Beware The Tobacco Company That Begs for FDA Regulation]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/8315 "Product Safety Standards" for Cigarettes?]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/7328 Philip Morris in the Driver's Seat on FDA Tobacco Bill]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/7401 Citing Menthol Exemption, Black Group Pulls Support for FDA Tobacco Bill]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/7411 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tries to Explain "Menthol Loophole" in FDA Bill]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/5848 What Philip Morris Seeks in FDA Regulation: Preservation of the Status Quo]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/7168 R.J. Reynolds -- the Thoughtful Tobacco Company]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/6271 Stranger Than Fiction: Major Health Groups Support Philip Morris?]
*[https://www.prwatch.org/node/5781 Cutting Cigarette Deaths "Good For Business"-- But Not Right Now]
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*[[Regulatory Strategy Project]] Philip Morris' 1999-2009 internal project plan to enact FDA legislation in its favor
*[[The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids]]
*[[Matt Myers]] (negotiated terms of bill with Philip Morris)
*[[Project Sunrise]] (Philip Morris plan to slow tobacco industry delegitimization, and ensure the long-term social acceptability of smoking and of the company itself.)
*[[Anti-Tobacco Industry Plan]]
*[[Mark Berlind]] (Philip Morris attorney who helped plan PM's Regulatory Strategy Project, and who negotiated FDA tobacco bill with Matt Myers)
*[[Menthol]]
*[[The Black Menthol Cigarette Market]]

==External articles and resources==
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/h1108_ih.xml HR 1108 Bill Text on Thomas]
* Criticism of the FDA tobacco bil by the [http://www.aaphp.org/special/joelstobac/cmbndnov5_08letters.pdf American Association of Public Health Physicians]]
* [http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2340845/ Enzi: Peace Treaty with Philip Morris No Way to Win War on Tobacco] TradingMarkets.com, May 21, 2009 (says Philip Morris was a co-author of FDA tobacco legislation)
* Richard Craver [http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jun/07/authors-book-delves-into-unholy-alliance-between-p/business/ Deep Look: Author's book delves into 'unholy alliance' between Philip Morris, FDA], JournalNow.com, June 7, 2009
*Brody Mullens [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_39/news/7035-1.html?type=printer_friendly How Philip Morris, Tobacco Foes Tied the Knot] ''Roll Call''. October 5, 2004

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