U.S. Reps. Laurel Lee and Neal Dunn , both Republicans, have joined the House Tobacco Harm Reduction Caucus, adding their names to a bipartisan coalition aimed at adopting harm reduction methods and innovation as part of a comprehensive approach to tobacco control.

Their addition comes after U.S. Reps. Aaron Bean and Byron Donalds joined the caucus in August .

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick , a Democrat, also previously joined the caucus.

Dunn had previously participated in the caucus and has now rejoined for the 119th Congress.

Rather than solely pushing for a quit-only approach — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that only about 10% of adult smokers successfully quit each year — the caucus pushes for policy that emphasizes harm

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