In 2005 a group of 11 senators wrote to George Bush urging him to send over the tobacco treaty for consideration; they noted that tobacco claims more than 400, 000 American lives a year.

2005年，11名参议员联名给乔治·布什写信，敦促其认真考虑烟草公约。他们指出烟草每年夺去超过40万美国人的生命。