Chris Ward: “I rise today to pay recognition to a program initiated by the Philip Morris Corp. to help prevent access to cigarettes…”

“I rise today to pay recognition to a program initiated by the Philip Morris Corp. to help prevent access to cigarettes by young people. I applaud their efforts. The program, action against access, will involve placing minimum age signs and other materials in over 200,000 retail outlets throughout the United States. The program will also conduct compliance seminars for retailers and law enforcement officers. In an effort to end smoking by young adults, the action against access program will discontinue free cigarette sampling and will place additional notices on cigarette cartons prohibiting sales to minors. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend Philip Morris on their efforts to address a serious problem in our Nation--I hope that other cigarette manufacturers will follow suit.”