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PUBLIC LAW 89-92-JULY 27, 1965

[79 STAT.

Public Law 89-92 July 27, 1965

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arrtte"?b?ang and Advertising Act.

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To regulate the labeling of cigarettes, and for other puriHises.

Be if enacted ~by the Senate and Hau-^e of Bepi-eHentat'iveH of the VJted States of Ain^rlca in Congresn a^sfiemMed, That this Act inaj be cited as the "Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act". DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 2. I t is the policy of the Congress, and the purpose of this Act, to establish a comprehensive Federal program to deal with cigarette labeling and advertising with respect to any relationship between smoking and health, whereby— (1) the public may be adequately informed that cigarette smoking may be hazardous to health by inclusion of a warning to that effect on each package of cigarettes; and (2) commerce and the national economy may be (A) protected to the maximum extent consistent with this declared policy and (B) not impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and confusing cigarette labeling and advertising regulations with respect to any relationship between smoking and health. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. As used in this Act— (1) The term "cigarette" means— (A) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco, and (B) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its apjjearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in subparagraph (A). (2) The term "commerce" means (A) commerce between any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island and any place outside thereof; (B) commerce between points in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island, but through any place outside thereof; or (C) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midw^ay Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island. (3) The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States, the District of C^olumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, and Johnston Island. (4) The term "package" means a pack, box, cai"ton, or container of any kind in which cigarettes are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers. (5) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other business or legal entity.

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