Federal Grades

The American Lung Association has identified five key actions for the Biden administration and Congress to take in 2024 that will help ultimately eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco use:

1. The White House must swiftly finalize the two rules that will remove all menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the marketplace;  
2. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must finalize its review of all premarket tobacco product applications for both tobacco-derived and synthetic-nicotine products;  
3. The FDA and the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security must act to remove all illegal tobacco products from the marketplace;  
4. Congress must at least maintain current funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Office on Smoking and Health;  
5. Congress must pass H.R. 4775, the Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act, bipartisan legislation giving more people access to the resources they need to quit tobacco.