House To Vote on Tobacco Regulation
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take a vote to have tobacco regulated as a drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is supporting the bill and asking Southern Baptists to contact their congressmen to urge passage. Here's the story from Baptist Press:
WASHINGTON (BP)--The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on a bill that would authorize the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H.R. 1108, would grant the FDA authority over the manufacture, promotion and sale of such products as cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has worked with other religious organizations for several years in advocating for FDA regulation of tobacco. The ERLC distributed a message July 28 from President Richard Land via e-mail and on its website urging support for the measure.
Saying the House vote may take place the same week, Land wrote, "This common-sense bill would end special treatment of tobacco companies, empowering the FDA to subject the products to similar scrutiny required of foods, drugs and safety devices.
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