Congress Passes The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; HP&M Analysis to Follow

On June 12th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 307-97 on final passage of H.R. 1256 – The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.  The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill on June 11th with a 79-17 vote.  President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law shortly.  Copies of the House Report on the bill are available here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).  As we previously reported, the bill gives FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, including cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.  Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. is analyzing the 218-page bill and will post on it in the near future.