GIANT STEPS

A GREAT VICTORY IN PROTECTING KIDS FROM TOBACCO!

It is my great pleasure to tell you that the US Senate just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S 982/HR ), which gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and sales of tobacco products. The bill was approved in a bipartisan vote of 79 to 17. After more than 10 years of hard work, this lifesaving legislation will soon become law!

This is a major achievement and one that would not have been possible without the hard work and persistence of volunteers and staff nationwide. In the past few weeks alone, more than 5,000 phone calls were placed to members of Congress.

Today history has been made. Thanks to this legislation, we can make cancer history too!