Senator Lautenberg Secures Ban on Cigarette Sales in Senate Shops
By newsdesk - Posted on November 14th, 2007
Sens. Harkin, Durbin, Brown and Reed Join NJ Sen. in Effort to Ban Tobacco Product Sales on Senate Property
November 13, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that cigarettes and other tobacco products would no longer be sold in Senate sundry shops after January 1, 2008.
“The Senate was operating as a discount cigarette outlet. It was time to shut it down,” said Sen. Lautenberg.
Sen. Lautenberg joined Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a letter to Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on August 4 requesting that Senate sundry shops no longer sell tobacco products.
On November 1, Sen. Feinstein issued a letter banning the sale of any tobacco products at sundry shops. Sen. Feinstein is Chair of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the panel charged with overseeing sundry products sold in Senate restaurants and stores.
According to recent news reports, cigarettes and tobacco prices have always been cheaper in the Capitol than anywhere else in Washington because cigarettes have long been exempt from federal and District of Columbia taxes.
Source: Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
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