Macaroni and Cheese, but not a pack of cigarettes?

Despite all the harm tobacco products cause, they are exempt from basic health and safety regulations that apply to other products we consume. The FDA can regulate a box of macaroni and cheese or a tube of lipstick, but not a pack of cigarettes. The tobacco companies take advantage of this loophole when they

  • Market their deadly products in ways that attract and addict children;
  • Deceive consumers about the harm their products cause;
  • Make changes to their products without disclosing them; and
  • Resist any meaningful change to make their products less harmful.

Join the fight today! Sign the petition in support of FDA regulation of tobacco.

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Dear Congressional Members:

WHEREAS, Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and is responsible for over 400,000 deaths per year;

WHEREAS, Every day another 1200 Americans die because of tobacco and more than 1,000 kids become new regular smokers. Nearly 90 percent of all smokers begin smoking in their teens or earlier;

WHEREAS, Tobacco use costs the United States more than $96 billion a year in health care bills;

WHEREAS, Tobacco industry marketing expenditures increased by 123 percent since 1998 to a record $15.4 billion in 2003, according to the Federal Trade Commission; and

BE IT RESOLVED the undersigned has endorsed this petition and urges the members of the United States Congress representing the state of Georgia to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products by cosponsoring H.R. 1108 and S.625, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

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