Ley Núm. 47 de 29. Junio de 2001 de Enmienda Ley Responsabilidad Tabaco

EventoLey
Fecha29 de Junio de 2001

(P. del S. 540)

LEY 47

29 DE JUNIO DE 2001

Para enmendar la Exposición de Motivos de la Ley Núm. 453 de 28 de diciembre de 2000, conocida como

"Law Regulating the Responsibility of Tobacco Product Manufacturers with the Government of Puerto Rico", a fin de añadir tres párrafos que fueron omitidos por inadvertencia durante el proceso legislativo, y para otros fines.

Decrétase por la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico:

Artículo 1

– Se enmienda la Exposición de Motivos de la Ley Núm. 453 de 28 de diciembre de 2000, eliminando el primer párrafo de ésta, enmendando el segundo párrafo, y añadiendo tres párrafos adicionales al final de ésta para que lea como sigue:

Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to Puerto Rico and to the citizens of Puerto Rico.

The United States Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year.

These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the person in question begins smoking.

Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for Puerto Rico.

Under certain health-care programs, the Government of Puerto Rico may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.

Under these programs, Puerto Rico pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical assistance for these persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking.

It is the policy of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that financial burdens imposed on Puerto Rico by cigarette smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers rather than by Puerto Rico to the extent that such manufacturers either determine to enter into a settlement with Puerto Rico or are found culpable by the courts.

On November 23, 1998, leading United States tobacco product manufacturers entered into a settlement agreement, entitled the ´Master Settlement Agreement’, with the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Master Settlement Agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return for a release of past, present and certain future claims against them as described therein, to pay substantial sums to Puerto Rico (tied in part to their volume of sales); to fund a national foundation devoted to the interests of public health; and to make substantial changes in their advertising and marketing practices and corporate culture, with the intention of reducing underage smoking.

It would be contrary to the policy of...

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