The Associated Press 9:00 AM PDT, April 2, 2009
The 298-112 roll call Thursday by which the House approved a bill that would for the first time give the government powers to regulate tobacco products.A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.
Voting "yes" were 228 Democrats and 70 Republicans.
Voting "no" were 8 Democrats and 104 Republicans.
X denotes those not voting.
There are 3 vacancies in the 435-member House....
Where does ANY industry get any kind of right to do this to the internal organs of a human being? Where does that come from?
Stanford Report, July 27, 2005
That was the message that Bay Area high school student Channing Chang wrote on the back of a flattened cigarette carton. It was one of hundreds of cartons bearing notes--from youths, civic leaders and medical school faculty--to be sent to entertainment industry executives as part of a campaign to limit scenes with cigarette smoking in new movies....
