Tobacco

Section 3(a) prohibits smoking in VA facilities, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and electronic nicotine delivery systems, directly restricting tobacco product use on federal property.

Title VI, Section 733 requires not less than $200,000,000 to be used by the FDA Commissioner for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems, which imposes costs on the tobacco and vaping industry.

Title V, Sec. 509: 'None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.' This imposes a clear cost on tobacco industry by prohibiting federal funds from being used to expand tobacco markets or reduce f

Section 2(a) amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize HHS to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import, imposing a regulatory enforcement cost on tobacco importers and manufacturers.

Section 8 increases excise taxes on cigarettes and establishes tax parity among all tobacco products, raising rates for small cigarettes from $50.33 to $100.66 per thousand, large cigarettes from $105.69 to $211.38 per thousand, roll-your-own tobacco from $24.78 to $49.56 per pound, pipe tobacco from $2.8311 cents to $49.56 per pound, smokeless tobacco from $1.51 to $26.84 per pound, and adds new taxes on discrete single-use units and cigars. These are clear cost increases on tobacco manufacture

Title VI, Section 766(a) requires not less than $200,000,000 from tobacco product user fees to be used for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems, imposing a clear cost on the tobacco industry.

Title V, Sec. 509: Explicitly prohibits use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek reduction/removal of foreign marketing restrictions on tobacco, directly harming the tobacco industry.

Title VI, Section 773(a) requires not less than $200,000,000 of tobacco product user fees to be used for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems, including actions against illegal manufacture and importation, imposing clear costs on the tobacco and vaping industry.

Section 2(a) amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize HHS to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import, imposing a regulatory enforcement cost on tobacco importers and manufacturers.

Title IX, Section 901 prohibits House personnel from serving as officers or directors of any public company, which includes tobacco product manufacturers and vape companies like Altria, Reynolds, Juul, Philip Morris International, etc., imposing a restriction that could limit their ability to engage with House personnel, thus a potential cost.

Sec. 7010(c) prohibits using funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems) of the same type. This is a clear regulator

Title I provides $157,795,000 for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau salaries and expenses, including $5,000,000 for enforcement of and education regarding the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, which increases regulatory oversight and compliance costs for tobacco companies.

Resolution notes cigarette smoking as leading cause of preventable death and cites decreasing smoking rates due to taxation and smoke-free policies, indicating support for continued tobacco control measures that harm tobacco industry.

Title I appropriates $157,795,000 for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau salaries and expenses, including $5,000,000 for costs associated with enforcement of and education regarding the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, which increases regulatory oversight of tobacco products.

Division A, Title V, General Provisions, Sec. 509: None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.