The need for legislation is critical, as any pediatrician can tell you.
Tobacco is a major health hazard to adolescents, children and infants.
That's more than one million children a year. Each day, pediatricians see and treat children with asthma, upper respiratory infections and ear infections which result from exposure to cigarette smoke. Adolescents become addicted to the nicotine habit by succumbing to a variety of forces, including targeted advertising and marketing by the tobacco industry. Time is running out for children. The comprehensive, bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. McCain is a first step on which we must build.