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US Senate panel resets session on FDA tobacco bill
Unit Philip Morris USA, maker of top-selling Marlboro cigarettes. Opposed by smaller cigarette makers as too favorable to...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate health committee said on Wednesday it will meet next week to take action on a bill that would authorize the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes.
Committee chairman Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, scheduled the committee session for July 25. A session that had been set for Wednesday was postponed.
Kennedy's bill is backed by dozens of other senators, major public health groups and Altria Group Inc. unit Philip Morris USA, maker of top-selling Marlboro cigarettes.
Opposed by smaller cigarette makers as too favorable to Philip Morris, the bill would let the FDA restrict tobacco advertising; prevent cigarette sales to minors; toughen warning labels; bar misrepresentation of tobacco's dangers; and order removal of harmful ingredients from cigarettes.
A similar bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
Industry analysts have said Philip Morris backs the measure because it would help protect the company's dominant market share by muting rivals' advertising messages.
The FDA tried on its own over a decade ago to regulate tobacco, but industry resisted. The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the FDA could not regulate without congressional action.
Each year in the United States, tobacco use kills more than 400,000 people, according to public health groups.
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