Mike Enzi: “I am anxious to know and hope that the Senator from Missouri has the answer to how this 753-page bill or 482-page bill…”

“I am anxious to know and hope that the Senator from Missouri has the answer to how this 753-page bill or 482-page bill that we haven't had time to complete the review of yet--I realize the Senator may not have the answer to this and what kind of emphasis it places on the family as playing a role in reducing tobacco use. I have seen the statistics. Whether it is drugs or tobacco, the biggest influence on whether kids use them are the parents and the attitudes that the parents have to them. And the parents, even if they smoke, have a good influence on reducing teen smoking or youth smoking by saying that even though they do it, it hurts them; that it is not right, it seems to me. The bill that is really trying to get at the heart of the problem, and if the statistics all point to the family emphasis, the family attitude, the family direction being the way to reduce smoking, it seems like this bill ought to have something in there that strengthens the family and strengthens their role in doing this.”