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Dodd Calls for Quick Action to Protect Children from Dangers of Smoking 

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Chairman Edward Kennedy's chief deputy for health care reform, held a press conference today with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Jack Reed (D-RI) to discuss the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Dodd was also joined by Matt Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

"Every year, 15,000 Connecticut children try cigarettes for the first time," Dodd said. "76,000 Connecticut children, alive today, are expected to eventually die from smoking. Tobacco companies know that if they can't addict children, then they won't have any customers. It's time for the tobacco industry to come up with a new business model - and this bill will force them to."

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