this legislation gas the f.d.a. the authority to regulate tobacco products. it also requires detailed disclosures of tobacco products' ingredients and restricts tobacco marketing and sales to young people, among other things. and this legislation does all of this in a fiscally responsible way. funding the f.d.a. tobacco activity through a user fee on tobacco manufacturers. because of loss productivity and health care expenditures, cigarette smoking cost our nation more than $193 billion a year. almost $200 billion a year. by reducing the number of smokers, not only will this legislation save lives and reduce chronic disease, it will also reduce health care cost. today, approximately 3,500 young people will try a cigarette for the first time. 3,500. and another 1,000 will become addicted and be new regular daily smokers. one third of those children will eventually die prema turrill because of smoke -- prematurely because of smoking. we must do all we can to prevent premature death from smoking. and today we have that opportunity. madam speaker, i urge all of m