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Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 11, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Health and Health Care Drugs


FAMILY SMOKING PREVENTION AND TOBACCO CONTROL ACT -- (Senate - June 11, 2009)

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REGULATING TOBACCO WAREHOUSES

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the bill before us grants standby authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regulate ``tobacco warehouses.'' Because the bill already draws a bright line between tobacco companies that actually manufacture tobacco products and those, including growers and ``tobacco warehouses,'' that do not manufacture, I would expect that the Secretary would utilize the standby authority to regulate tobacco warehouses only under unforeseen and unanticipated circumstances that give rise to public health concerns.

Mr. DODD. That is my general understanding of the provision.

Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator.

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