At a Senate hearing on legislation that would let the FDA regulate tobacco products, Democratic proponents focused on the health effects of tobacco use, while one Republican senator aired a report on how the 46 states that reached a settlement with four big tobacco companies in 1998 have used the funds they received. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., says the legislation at issue would undermine the FDA's mission of approving cures. But its chances are seen as good now that Democrats control Congress.
February 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
About a third of the payments from tobacco companies to the states goes to health care and tobacco control, government auditors said Tuesday at a Senate hearing.
The payments, part of a 1998 settlement by four of the nation’s largest tobacco companies, were supposed to reimburse 46 states for past health care costs stemming from tobacco use. But states were free to spend the money however they wanted to — and they have.
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