Release: CDC Reports Drop in Adult Smoking, But Death Toll and Health Costs Are Still Growing; Congress, States Should Implement Proven Solutions (11.13.08)

Release: Deadly in Pink: Philip Morris' New Look for Virginia Slims Cigarettes Shows Contempt for Women's Health (10.30.08)

Release: R.J. Reynolds' New Smokeless Products Will Appeal to Children And Show Need for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products (10.8.08)

Release: Major NCI Report Concludes Tobacco Marketing Causes Kids to Smoke, Underscores Need for U.S. Senate to Pass FDA Tobacco Regulation This Year (8.21.08)

Release: U.S. House Casts Historic Vote to Protect Kids from Tobacco, Save Lives; Senate Should Act This Year and President Should Sign Bill Into Law (7.30.08)

Release: New Studies on Menthol and Polonium-210 in Cigarettes Show Need for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products (7.16.08)

Release: FTC Acts to Prevent Tobacco Industry Deception about Tar, Nicotine Levels; Congress Should Go Further by Giving FDA Authority over Tobacco Products (7.8.08)

Release: New Poll: Voters Strongly Support FDA Regulation of Tobacco, Say It Would Be Important Accomplishment for Congress (6.6.08)

Release: House Committee Votes to Protect Kids and Save Lives By Approving Bill to Regulate Tobacco Products (4.2.08)

Release: House Health Subcommittee Acts to Protect Kids and Save Lives By Approving Bill to Regulate Tobacco Products (3.11.08)

Release: New Generation of Tobacco Products Threatens Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives in U.S., Report Warns (2.20.08)

Statement: Testimony Before House Health Subcommittee in Support of FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products (10.3.07)

Statement: Congressional Support Grows for FDA Regulation of Tobacco: Bill Now Sponsored by 55 Senators, 200 Representatives (10.2.07)

Statement: New Report by Presidential Panel of National Experts Calls on Nation’s Leaders to Take Action to Reduce the Harms of Tobacco (8.16.07)

Statement: Senate HELP Committee Acts to Protect Kids and Save Lives By Approving Bill to Regulate Tobacco Products (8.1.07)

Release: New Poll: Voters Strongly Support FDA Regulation of Tobacco, Say It Would Be Important Accomplishment for Congress (7.16.07)

Public Health Groups Statement: Majority of U.S. Senate Sponsors Bill to Grant FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products (6.21.07)

Statement: Philip Morris' Launch of Smokeless Marlboro Product Shows Need For Congress To Grant FDA Authority Over Tobacco (6.12.07)

Statement: IOM Report Shows U.S. Can Dramatically Reduce Tobacco Use If Congress Grants FDA Authority Over Tobacco and States Redouble Efforts (5.24.07)

Statement: R.J. Reynolds Launches New Flavored Cigarettes, Circumventing Settlement With State Attorneys General (5.22.07)

Statement: Study Finds Retail Tobacco Marketing Increases Teen Smoking, Underscores Need for FDA Authority Over Tobacco, Higher Tobacco Taxes (5.7.07)

Statement: FTC Reports Show Massive Spending on Tobacco Marketing, Underscoring Need for FDA Authority Over Tobacco and Further State Action (4.26.07)

Release: New Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products (4.24.07)

Statement: New Studies Show Effectiveness of Large Cigarette Health Warnings Like Those Required by Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco (3.20.07)

Statement: FDA Is Right Agency to Regulate Tobacco Products (3.6.07)

Statement: FDA Authority Over Tobacco Would Protect Children and Save Lives (2.15.07)

Public Health Statement: Congress Has Historic Opportunity to Protect Children and Save Lives By Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products (2.15.07)

Statement: Harvard Study Confirms Tobacco Companies Increased Nicotine Levels In Cigarettes, Highlights Need For FDA Regulation of Tobacco (1.18.07)

Statement: New Survey Finds Youth Smoking Declines Have Slowed, Shows Need for States, Congress to Step Up Tobacco Prevention Efforts (12.21.06)

Statement: New Study Finds Tobacco Marketing More Than Doubles Odds of Children Smoking, Shows Need for Congress to Grant FDA Authority Over Tobacco (12.4.06)

Statement: CDC Survey Indicates Adult Smoking Declines Have Stalled, Shows Need to Redouble Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use (10.26.06)

Statement: New Report Shows that Tobacco Companies Have Significantly Increased Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes (8.29.06)

Statement: Court Ruling Puts Responsibility on Elected Officials To Rein In Tobacco Racketeers (8.21.06)

Statement: New Smokeless Products by Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds Underscore Need for Congress To Grant the FDA Authority Over All Tobacco Products (5.4.06)

Statement: Kids Take Center Stage in Fight Against Tobacco on April 5, Kick Butts Day (4.3.06)

Statement: New CDC Study on Toll of Tobacco Shows Need to Hold Tobacco Companies Accountable and Enact Proven Measures to Reduce Tobacco Use (7.1.05)

Statement: CDC Survey Shows Adult Smoking Rates Continue to Decline Slowly, Demonstrating Need to Do More to Help Smokers Quit (5.26.05)

Statement: New Survey Finds Youth Smoking Declines Have Slowed, Underscoring Need to Increase Prevention Spending, Curb Tobacco Marketing (12.19.05)

Statement: Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Absolve Philip Morris And Shows Need for Congress to Curb Tobacco Industry's Deceptive Practices (12.15.05)

Statement: CDC Survey Shows Acceleration in Adult Smoking Declines, But Not Enough to Meet National Health Goals (11.10.05)

Statement: Cigarette Marketing at a Record High, New FTC Report Shows (8.9.05)

Statement: New Report Underscores Need for FDA Tobacco Regulation to Protect Consumers from Misleading Health Claims (5.4.05)

Statement: Public Health Groups Call on Congress to Finally Pass Bipartisan Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco (3.17.05)

Statement: RJR Settles Marketing to Kids Case in California But Continues to Target Kids With Candy-Flavored Cigarettes (12.23.04)

Statement: New Studies Showing Tobacco Companies Still Mislead Smokers Reinforce Need for Effective Regulation of Tobacco Products (12.8.04)

Statement: Cuddle Up With Cancer: RJR's Candy-Flavored "Winter Blend" Cigarettes Show Big Tobacco Hasn't Changed (11.16.04)

Statement: Senate Vote Affirms Support for FDA Authority Over Tobacco, But House Leaders Thwart Will of the Majority (10.10.04)

Release: Tobacco-State Lawmakers Vote Against $2 Billion More for Growers Because of Opposition to FDA Tobacco Authority (10.6.04)

Statement: Tobacco Industry Wins, Kids Lose As Conference Committee Votes Down FDA Authority Over Tobacco (10.5.04)

Statement: Latest Version of Tax Bill Fails Kids, Protects Tobacco Industry (10.4.04)

Statement: House Leaders Jeopardize Tobacco Buyout By Opposing FDA Tobacco Authority (9.29.04)

Release: Public Health Groups Urge Congress to Include FDA Tobacco Authority in Final FSC Bill (9.29.04)

Release: Voters in North Carolina, Other Tobacco States Support FDA Tobacco Regulation But Tobacco Buyout Is Far Less Popular, Poll Finds (9.15.04)

Statement: Public Health Groups Applaud Historic Senate Vote to Regulate Tobacco Products (7.15.04)

Statement: House Votes Against Taxpayer-Funded Tobacco Buyout (7.13.04)

Statement: Senate Should Insist that House Tobacco Buyout Plan Be Excluded from Final FSC Bill (6.17.04)

Release: Eighty Percent Oppose House Tobacco Buyout Plan, Poll Shows (6.17.04)

Statement: Latest Tobacco Buyout Proposal is a Sweetheart Deal for Tobacco Companies and a Raw Deal for Public Health, Taxpayers and Tobacco Growers (6.4.04)

Statement: Surgeon General's Report Finds Smoking Even More Harmful Than Thought (5.27.04)

Statement: Health Groups Reiterate Support for Tobacco Buyout In Conjunction with FDA Tobacco Authority (5.20.04)

Statement: Public Health Groups Strongly Support Bipartisan FDA Tobacco Legislation Introduced Today In Congress (5.20.04)

Statement: Public Health Groups Remain Committed to Passing Tobacco Buyout and Meaningful FDA Tobacco Authority (11.25.03)

Statement: Tobacco Bill Negotiations Failed Due To Loopholes Sought By Tobacco Industry; Cigarette Ban Issue Is a Red Herring (10.2.03)

Statement: Public Health Groups Oppose Latest Senate Proposal On FDA Tobacco Legislation (10.1.03)

Statement: Public Health Groups Oppose Moving Tobacco-Buyout Bill In House Absent Agreement to Prevent Linkage to Bad FDA Legislation (9.24.03)

Statement: FDA Refuses to Act to Stop Sales of Ariva Tobacco Mints Ruling Points Out Gaping Hole in Consumer Protection (8.29.03)

Statement: Tobacco Quota-Buyout Legislation Falls Short of Providing Help Growers Say They Need (7.30.03)

Statement: Statement of Matthew Myers President National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids Before the U.S. House Agriculture Committee (7.24.03)

Statement: Congressional Hearing Shows Tobacco Growers and Health Groups Agree on Buyout Plan But Tobacco Industry Stands in the Way (7.24.03)

Statement: Congress Should Protect Tobacco Farmers And Public Health, Not Tobacco Manufacturers (7.23.03)

Statement: Congress Should Protect Public From Tobacco Industry Deception by Granting FDA Effective Tobacco Authority (6.3.03)

Statement: If Philip Morris Is Serious About FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products, It Should Endorse the Kennedy-DeWine Bill Now (9.18.02)

Release: Health Groups Launch Ad Campaign Urging Congress to Pass Legislation Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products (7.23.02)

Statement: Kennedy-DeWine Bill to Grant FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products Will Protect Kids, Save Lives and End Special Protection for Big Tobacco (6.14.02)

Statement: Sales of Bottled Water Containing Addictive Nicotine Underscore Need for FDA Regulation of All Nicotine Products (5.24.02)

Release: Proliferation of Nicotine Lollipops Underscores Need for FDA Regulation of all Nicotine Products (4.3.02)

Press Release: New Studies of Tobacco Industry Documents Show How Industry Manipulates Products and Underscore Need for FDA Authority Over Tobacco (3.12.02)

Press Release: Report Shows State & Federal Gov'ts Not Doing Enough to Stop Cigarette Sales to Children – FDA Oversight of Tobacco Needed (12.7.01)

Release: New Candy-like Tobacco Product Reinforces Need for FDA Regulation (11.14.01)

Release: Public Health Groups Express United Opposition to Davis FDA Bill (6.25.01)

Statement: Rep. Davis' Sham FDA Bill Protects The Tobacco Industry, Not the Public Health
(6.14.01, by Matthew Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Release: Campaign Opposes Philip Morris' Cynical FDA Proposal (4.11.01)

Statement: Campaign Applauds HHS Secretary Thompson's Statement Supporting FDA Authority Over tobacco
(3.27.01, by Matthew Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Statement: Surgeon General's Report on Women and Tobacco Underscores Need for Congress to Grant FDA Authority Over Tobacco (3.27.01)

Statement: The Introduction in the House of Representatives of Bipartisan Legislation To Grant the FDA Authority Over Tobacco
(3.15.01, by Matthew Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Release: U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Grant the FDA Authority Over Tobacco (2.6.01)

Release: Public Health Groups Urge FDA and FTC To Take Action Against R.J. Reynolds For Misleading Health Claims About Eclipse Cigarettes (8.18.00)

Statement: Opposing Partisan FDA Legislation Granting Special Protection To Big Tobacco
(5.16.00, by Matthew Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

Statement: Opposing FDA Legislation Introduced By Senator Frist
(5.16.00, by the Campaign, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association)

Release: Public Health Groups Support Ganske-Dingell Effort To Secure Vote On Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco (4.13.00)

Statement: Applauding the Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation To Grant the FDA Authority Over Tobacco (4.6.00)

Release: March 2000 Poll Shows Strong Public Support for FDA Regulation of Tobacco (3.29.00)

Statement: Campaign Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on the FDA's Authority to Regulate Tobacco (3.21.00)

White House Statement on Supreme Court Ruling (3.21.00, at whitehouse.gov)

Presidential Radio Address on Children and Tobacco: Text   RealAudio (3.24.00, delivered from Mumbai, India)

Statement: Campaign Statement Regarding the President's Radio Address Calling on Congress to Enact Tobacco Regulation (3.25.00)

Release: Public Health Groups Call on Philip Morris to Support Meaningful FDA Regulation of Tobacco (3.02.00)

Release: Kids Overwhelmingly Support FDA Authority To Regulate Tobacco (11.30.99)

Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Regarding FDA's Authority to Regulate Tobacco (12.01.99)