Tobacco Quota-Buyout and FDA Regulation over Manufactured Tobacco Products Resources

General Analyses of the Buyout

• Tobacco Quota Buyout Proposals in the 108th Congress (Jasper Womach 2003)
• Top Ten Reasons Why a Buyout is Needed (William Snell 2003)
• Latest Summaries of Buyout Legislation (William Snell August 2003)
• Tobacco Buyout Update (William Snell June 2003)
• Tobacco Buyout Update (Kelly Tiller June 2003)
• Summaries of Buyout Legislation (William Snell June 2003)
• Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association Support for Buyout Legislation (Danny McKinney)
• Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association Latest Buyout and FDA Legislation

Summaries and Complete Buyout Bills

• Buyout Legislation Sponsored by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), "Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003"
  - Summary
  - Complete Bill

• Buyout Legislation Sponsored by U.S. Representative Ernie Fletcher (R-KY), "Tobacco Equity Elimination Act" (H.R. 245)
  - Summary (William Snell)
  - Complete Bill
  - Campaign Press Release: Congressman Fletcher's Bill Will Assist Tobacco Farmers And Address the Economic Crisis in Tobacco Growing Communities, January 8, 2003
  - Campaign Press Release: Public Health Groups Back Bills Introduced by Sen. Cleland and Rep. Fletcher To Help Tobacco Farmers and Tobacco Growing Communities, June 28, 2002
  - Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association Endorsement of Fletcher Plan

• Buyout Legislation Sponsored by U.S. Representative Virgil Goode (R-VA), "Tobacco Market Transition Act" (H.R. 4763)
  - Summary (William Snell)
  - Complete Bill

• Buyout Legislation Sponsored by U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre (D-NC), "Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for our Farmers" (H.R. 3940).
  - Complete Bill
  - Campaign Press Release: Representative McIntyre’s Tobacco Bill Does Too little for Farmers and Their Communities and Does Not Advance Public Health, March 15, 2002

• Earlier Buyout Legislation Sponsored by former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), "Rural Community Revitalization and Transition Act." - Summary (William Snell)

FDA Regulation over Manufactured Tobacco Products

• Special Report - FDA Authority over Tobacco: Legislation will Protect Kids and Save Lives
  
  
• Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association Support for FDA regulations on Cigarettes
  
  
• Why Should All Interested Parties Want FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products? (Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association)

U.S. Congress Agriculture Committee Hearing Testimonies

• The Honorable Ernie Fletcher, Member of Congress from Kentucky
• The Honorable Jack Kingston, Member of Congress from Georgia

Representatives of Public Health Groups
• Mr. Matthew L. Myers, President, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, D.C.
• Dr. Alfred Munzer, Past President, American Lung Association, Washington, D.C.
• Dr. John R. Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
• Mr. M. Cass Wheeler, Ceo, American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas

Tobacco Growers
• Mr. Jeff Aiken, Owner and Operator, Aiken Farm, Telford, Tennessee
• Mr. John William Carter III, Owner and Operator, Carter Farms, Eagle Springs, North Carolina
• Mr. David Chappell, Owner and Operator, Chappell Farms, Owenton, Kentucky
• Mr. Donald L. Moore, Owner and Operator, Moore Farms, Chatham, Virginia
• Mr. David M. Winkles, Jr., President, South Carolina Farm Bureau, Columbia, South Carolina
• Mr. Donald L. “Don” Wright, Owner and Operator, Wright Farm, Glade Spring, Virginia

Representatives of Cigarette and Tobacco Manufacturers
• Ms. Brennan M. Dawson, Vice President for External Affairs, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
• Mr. Everett W. Gee III, General Counsel, S & M Brands, Inc., Keysville, Virginia
• Mr. Tommy J. Payne, Executive Vice President, External Relations, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Mr. Norman F. Sharp, President, Cigar Association of American, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Michael E. Szymanczyk, Chairman and CEO, Philip Morris USA, New York, New York
• Mr. Steve Watson, Vice President of External Affairs, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Greensboro, North Carolina