Agencies shall review their current policy to confirm that agency policy comports with this order, and policy found not in compliance shall be revised to comply with the terms of this order. Cause of Action. This order does not create any right to administrative or judicial review, or any other right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by a party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person or affect in any way the liability of the executive branch under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Nothing in this order shall limit an agency head from establishing more protective policies on smoking in the Federal workplace for employees and members of the public visiting or using Federal facilities. Vice President Gore has joined me today to talk to you about what we're doing to reduce smoking, especially by young people, and to protect Americans from the potential threat of second-hand tobacco smoke.
Cigarette smoking is the most single, significant public health problem facing our people today.
Every year, more Americans die from smoking-related diseases than from AIDS, car accidents, murders, suicides and fires combined, taking a terrible human toll and putting great financial burdens on our health care system and on businesses all across America. And we launched a comprehensive plan that prohibits retailers from selling tobacco to minors, and requires clerks to check IDs before selling cigarettes to the young people. This week, I signed historic legislation that balances the budget in a way that protects our values, invests in our people and prepares us for the 21st century. But we must do more to protect all Americans from the dangers of smoking. One of the most important things we can do is to protect those who don't use tobacco from the threat of second-hand smoke.