Transcript: TEEN SMOKING BILL PASSES WITH D'AMATO/MURKOWSKI BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION AMENDMENT

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For Immediate Release: Contact: Chuck Kleeschulte or Cindi Bookout May 14, 1998 O (202) 224-9306, H (301) 283-4149; O 224-8767

TEEN SMOKING BILL PASSES WITH D'AMATO/MURKOWSKI BREAST CANCER PATIENT PROTECTION AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON -- With Alaska Sen. Prank Murkowski in support, the Senate Finance Committee today approved legislation aimed at reducing teen smoking clearing the way for the bill to be considered by the full Senate next week.

The Senate panel approved an amendment that will require physicians and not insurance companies to determine the length of stay of a mastectomy patient in the hospital after breast cancer surgery. The bill also ensures that ...

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