Agree with you Sylance. The final version with the additional wording of "cigars" and "all tobacco products" is in H.R.284. The House Judiciary Committee will consider the bill tomorrow (01/21/2004), or on 01/28/2004. A little additional information for any of you who may want to express your views:
House Judiciary Committee
Bachus www.house.gov/bachus ALABAMA
Blackburn www.house.gov/blackburn TENNESEE
Boucher
[email protected] VIRGINIA
Carter www.house.gov/carter TEXAS
Chabot www.house.gov/chabot OHIO
Coble
[email protected] N.CAR.
Feeney
[email protected] FLORIDA
Flake
[email protected] ARIZONA
Forbes www.house.gov/forbes VIRGINIA
Goodlatte
[email protected] VIRGINIA
Green, M
[email protected] WISCONSIN
Hart, M hart.house.gov PENN.
Hostettler
[email protected] INDIANA
Hyde www.house.gov/hyde ILLINOIS
Jenkins www.house.gov/jenkins TENNESEE
Keller www.house.gov/keller FLORIDA
King www.house.gov/steveking IOWA
Pence
[email protected] INDIANA
Scott
[email protected] VIRGINIA
Sensenbrenner
[email protected] WISCONSIN
Smith, L
[email protected] TEXAS
Watt
[email protected] N.CAR.
Below is a form message you may want to copy and send:
The Honorable _________________
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman:
On December 9, 2003, the U.S. Senate cut a last minute deal to ban all sales of cigars through the U.S. mail. This provision was quietly slipped into the cigarette anti-counterfeiting bill (S.1177), even though the rest of the bill had nothing to do with cigars. The House Judiciary Committee will soon consider its version (H.R.2824) of the same bill.
I need you to keep cigars out of this bill! There is not a counterfeit cigar problem in this country. There is not a youth cigar-smoking problem in this country. This is another example of a big government solution in search of a problem that does not exist. Please do the right thing and don't let the federal government tamper with my right to receive legal cigars through the mail.
Sincerely,
While I am certainly not an activist, OUR right to smoke has been curtailed again and again. Just my thoughts............