The text of Part 1 of a Senate hearing on the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 is reported in this document. It is noted that this act would amend the Public Service Act to establish a center for tobacco products, to inform the public concerning the hazards of tobacco use, to disclose and restrict additives to such products, and to require labeling of such products to provide information concerning such products to the public, and for other purposes. In an opening statement, Senator Edward M. Kennedy discusses the problems of tobacco smoking and the need for federal regulation. Statements by Senators Orrin G. Hatch, Frank R. Lautenberg, and Bill Bradley are included, as well as a statement by Congressman Richard J. Durbin. The testimony from these individuals is included: (1) Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) Sister Mary Madonna Ashton, Commissioner of Health, Minnesota Department of Health; (3) Alan Blum, Department of Family Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; (4) Charles O. Whitley, counsel, The Tobacco Institute; (5) Floyd Abrams, counsel, The Tobacco Institute; (6) Tom Boggs, Patton, Boggs and Blow, representing Freedom to Advertise Coalition; and (7) Scott D. Ballin, Coalition on Smoking or Health, Washington, D.C.. Prepared statement are included from these witnesses and the Association of National Advertisers, Inc.; The Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; the National Automatic Merchandising Association; the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Cigar Association of America, Inc.; and the Finding For The Study of Teenage Cigarette Smoking and Purchasing Behavior. (ABL)