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PETITION: WHY AMERICA NEEDS FDA AUTHORITY OVER TOBACCO PRODUCTS

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 Congress to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products.

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