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pROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF TH~ 9Isl CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
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Vol. 11~ WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1969 No, 100
House of Representatives
Public tle~Ith Cigarette Smoking Act: By a voice
vote, the House passed H,R. 6543, to extend public
heahh protection with respect to cigarette smoking.
By a record vote of 137 yeas to 262 nays, a motinn to
recommit the bill to the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce was rejected,
Agreed to the committee amend ments.
By a teller vote of 87 yeas to xI4 naysj reiected an
amendment to a committee amendment that vn~ald
cause the regulations which affect the advertishag provi-
sions in the bill to expire on July t, t97:b in lieu of
July x, x975;
Rejected an amendment that would call for the S~lr-
geon General's warning regarding health hazards ill-
volved in cigarette smoking, to be used irt all forms of
advertising dgarettes;
Rejected, by a dlvisioa vote of 35 yeas to 59 nays, an
amendment that would prohibit cigarette advertising on
any program designed to be viewed or heard by anyone
under the age of ~8;
Rejected, by a division vote of 42 yeas to 7o nays, an
amendment that would cause the Surgeon General s
warning regarding cigarette smoking to be placed on
both the front and b~ck of the cigarette package; re-
jected an amendment to this amendment that would
call for the warn!ng to he placed on one side of the"
lxackage;
By a divlslon vote of 37 yeas o 76 nays, reiec ed an
amendment that would cause the average tar and nlco~
tine content per cigarette to be printed on each package
of cigaret t~;
Re ected an amendment desigtled to prohibit the FCC
from banning any cigarette advertising, but under exist-
ing authority, may regulate clgarette advertising;
Rejected, by a division vote o~ 37 yeas to 59 nays,
anaendment that wouldplermlt the Surgeon General s
health warning to be included in cigarette advertising;
By a division vote of 44 ~eas to 79 nays, rejected an
amendment that would assure States that t~roblbit sales
of cigarette* to minors would be able to control elgarett~
advertising within the State by including within the ad-
vertlslng the 1 anguage that cigarettes are not to be~old to
minors; and
An amendment that would cause the Secreta~ o~
Agrlcultur¢ to file a report to Congress rdadng to the
financial assistance provided by the United States to the
tobacco industa'y. ~,¢,~ H ,~v3 t~'4 ,vu,4
June 18, 1969
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE•
pUBLIC HEALTH CIGARETTE
SMOKING ACT OF 1D89
Mr. STA~E~S, ~r. Speaker. ][ move
that the Holme resolve itself Into the
Committee Of the W]ao]e HOlI~ On the
StaLe of the Union for the further eon-
n]deratl~n of the bill {H,R, ~543) to ex-
tend pub~ health protection With re.
sDeot to cigarette Rmoldng ~ for 0East
l~urpose~.
The SPEAKER. The question Is on the
motion offered by the ~ent]~man from
We*~ Virginia.
The mo~lon was ~gre~ed to. •
IN ~Z Oo~rrrr~ Or T~rl WHOI~
A¢coredn~I.v the HottBe received itself
In'to the Committee Of the Whole Ho~me
on the Stat~ o~ the Union for the ;fur kher
con~deration of the bill, H~, ~543, with
Mr, BROO~ in the ¢ha[r.
Tile Clerk read the title of the bill
The ~HAIRMAN. When the Corn°
mlttee rose on yesterday, th® Clerk had
read through I~e~tion !, ending on line
4. page 1 of the biB. If there are no
amendment* to this section, the Clerk
Will read.
The ~'qerk re~d as fol]~w~:
H4939
135~) ~ amend~ ~o re~ al ~vl]~wa:
"S~. 2. It 1~ thv potl~y ot t~o Congre~,
bn~l the purpose of thia act, to e~tabl$1~
¢omprvhe~lve Federal pro~ra~ ~ ae~l
~th cigarette ]~bellng an~ ~iver~sl~g
w~th respect ~ ~ny retatl~n~hlp t~wee~
~mok]~ ~,lld he~]%h, whereby-- ,
~orme~ that ¢~g~rett~ ~m~kin~ m~y be h~z°
~a~ e~ect on each package of ¢~g~rett~s;
and
.,(2) co~lmerce a~d the ~a~A~n~l ¢c0~omy
tent co~te~t with th~ de~l areal po~y a~l
~etwee~ ~n~kln g ~mcl health,
"(A) anF roll ~f tob~o ~'app~d In pape~
or ht any ~ubst~¢e ~ot con~ain~g ~bacc~
"(B~ ~F ~oll of ~ba~ ~Tapp~ l~ any
sut~tance ~ntaln~g ~b~ w~c~, bVC~
of lt~ ~.ppe~r~nce, th~ type o! tobacco ~d
Dk¢ly ~ be Offered to, or purchased by, eo~-
~umer~ ~ a elg~ette de~r~bed ~ ~ubp~ra°
.,(~) ~¢ terr~ ,¢~rrm~erce, means (AI ¢om-
mer~ be~wee~ any State, th~ D~trlct o~
Oo~umb[a. the C~mon~e~th of ~erto
~o~, Wake L~an~, l~id way L~ands, King.
ou~lde thereof~ (B) ~rdm~rce b~tWeon
pOI~ ~n a~y S~te. th~ ~tric~ of Col~.
b~a. t~ ~mmonwealth of ~1~o ~A~
Guam, th~ VIrg~n ~lsn~s, ~e~c~n Samo~-
o~- jolln~t~n Isla~, but through any place
ou~,~de ~reof~ or IC) ¢o~er~v Wholly
wlth~ th~ District of C~lu~bl~, OU~, the
Vlr~l~ I$]~nd~, A~e~icaD Samoa, W~kv ~.
land, ~l¢~way |~]ands, Klngraa~ Reel ~r
JohnsOn Island
"(~) The term ,Untted State~, ~hen ~td
~n a geographical ~en~e. m~tude~ thv ~e~er~
mcn~e~lth o~ Puerto RICO, (~uam, the Vff-
ton ~]an~
~(~) The ~r~ 'packsge' mean~ a p~k~ box
Cl~b~eLt e~ are o~ered for sale, ~o1¢~, or other=
W~e ~l~trlbu~d to const~ner~
u~l, partnershtp, corporation, or ~ny o~her
"S~c. 4~ It sh~ll be unla~u] for any per.
~on to m~f~cgt~e, l~pvrt, ~r p~ckage ~
vale or ~l~t~but~o~ v~ thin t~¢ U~ted 8ts~e~
~F elgaret~s the package cf wh~vh falls
arette ~mok]~g ~ay BO H~rdo~s t~ Tour
Health ' SUC~ ~ta~ement Sh~l] be ~ocated in
ase and ~l ~ppe~ tD r~nsplcuous ~nd 1~i.
b]e tFpe In ¢~ntrast by typo~r ap~y, l~y~t, or
~olor With ot~er prln~ed matter on t~v
p~ka~e.
• moklng su~ ~ealth Othe~ th~.thv stxte.
~ent r~l~lted by ~ect[o~ ~ 04~ thl~ A~, t]~]l
be requirefl on auy cigarette package.
"(b) No s~emcn! relat InE to ~mk ing ~nd
health ~h&]] be requ[re~ In the ad~ertis]nE
of ~F clgarette~ t~e p~K~lg~ ~f which are
I
H4940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE June 18, 1969
labeled lix ¢ordormlty With ule pr0~dslons C*[ The OIffAIl~Mfl.N, The
gent~ef~tn WIll a~llendol~i~t No~ ~ ~ ~ ofl[~red
this Act, sLa~ It, ~equently,
~thOut Jeopardy,
"(c) Except e.s [e otherwl~ provided Irt
6ubsectlolis (a) acid (b), txothhtg la this Act
•hall be construed ~ Itm~t, restrict, 0xpaad,
or OtherwSse affect, tho authority of tho Fed~
eral UYade Comml~lon with r e~p¢ct to nnfalr
or d0ceptlVe ~ts or practlo~ in the sdve¢-
ta~{ng of c~garett~. ~ot to amrm or deby
the Federal Trade Corn mission's holding that
{t had the authority to ieBue trade regulatlo~
• oles or to roQutrc an af~rmat~ve statem~l.
in any cigarette advertisement
"(d)({) Th~ Secretary ol Health, Educa-
tion¸ and Welfare ~l~[t transmit a report to
the Congre~ z~ot later th~n eighteen montlts
•feer the effectlV0 date of thtB ACt, and a~.
nually the~eafteL eoncer~dlt~ (A) curreat in-
formation on the health consequences o~
~moklng and (B) SUCh r~c0~mendatlon~ for
[eglslation as he may deem appropriate
"l~l The Fe~i~ral Trade Commlss{o~ ~hall
tr~r~m[t s report to the Congress not t~ter
than elghtoen months after the effe0t{ve da~
of th~s Act, and a~UalLy thereafter, con-
c~ruh~g (AI the e~oct~vene&s of c~garette
]abeltng~ (B) current practlcee and methods
of ~lgare~t¢ ~dver~tslng and pro~n*tion. ~nd
(C) such recommenda~one for legl~t{on
as it may dCCm ~ppr0p¢lat~,
,~.u, ¢*. AnF perso~ who v[o{~tes the pzovl*
siena of thle Act ~all be guilty of ~ mtE~
delineative dud sha~l ou eo~lvlction thereof bc
subject to ~ fine of n~t m~re than $10,000¸
~.~C 7 The ~ever~l d~st~et c~nrhs of the
~nlto~ St~te~ are InveSted w2th jtt.2s~tcti~j
foe ~USe ~howt, to prevent a~d ~straln
vlola0on~ vtf thbs Act ~tp*n the application
o~ the A~tOeney Oener~ o~ the United Sta te~
w0tlng *~hr oOgh tile several United State, s at.
t0rneys {n their ~ever~l districts
• 'cieA~rcs ~lt ZXeO~T
"SEe. 8 p~ckage~ of cigarettc~ man,fea-
tured imported, or packaged (1) for exl~rt
fr~ the United ~tat~ or (2) for ¢tellVery
to e vessel or aircraft, a~ ~upplle~, toe co~.
~umptlOn beyond the Jurmd~et{~n ~ the l~.
ternal revenue law~ of the UvJte~ Ste~
•hall ~ exempt ~rom the r~qulremctl~s ol
~hts Act. but ~uoh ox~mption~ abed] r~ot ap-
ply to clgaret~s m~ufa~tured. 1repot too. ot
10eok~ged f~r ~le or distrlbut[ou t~ ~no~bers
or u~lt* c~ the Armed For~ of t~e Urdbvd
~t~tcs located outside of the vdlHted State~.
"~EpAaA~ zLrr y
"SZ~. 9, If ~¥ provision of thts ACt or the
appl[~tk0tX ~rcof to a~y pe~ or elf ouro.
$~.ue~ l~ held lnv~l~cl ~he Other provl~lon~
of tYd~ ACt ~01.be application of sUCh pI~-
v~o~ to othe~ per~ or circumstances
r~t~ll not be ~iXected thereby¸
"S~v tO Th~ ACt Shall t~ke eff~at On
JulF 1. 196~ -
Mr STAGCtER~ (during the re=ca=
{ng) Mr. Chairman, I ~k tm~xlmolls
exm~ent that the bill be considered as
re~ and printed in the Rtcolv and open
to amendment at any point
The CHAIRMAN Is there ob~eet [0¢1 to
the reqtlest Of the gent]em~ fro~a We~t
virginia?
There was no obj~lon
co~mlrr zz ^Mz~t~r~
The CHAII~. The Clerk W~ll re.
i~ort 1,he first ¢omn~ttee amenclmertt.
"L2te Clerk read as follows:
Commttee alt~e~ent: On page 1. beglt~-
ixtn~ U~ ut~ ~, of the repot t~ bill ~ t4~e OU~
~t ~t~ort in lieu thereof "~tlo~ tt
through l0 of P~bl[c l~w $~2 (15 ~.S.C,
18~1 1~38) are",
PARLI~NTA~r t N f*l~lZ ~
Mr. ADAMS Mr. Chairman, a parlia-
mentary Inquiry.
~r. ADAMS. I~'. Challm~an, if the
~Ja~*itdment~s are ~flopb~d ~hat are the
0or~llt~e amendments to the bill, then
wou]d amendments by Memb~r~ be in
order to th0~ ~ect4ons that Were
amended ?
The [~HAIF~M~, They would be m~-
I~S they amended the torero{tree
~me~dment.
Mr. ADAM~. Mr. Chairm~n, that
what I Was inquiring abo~t, ~n o~ler
word~, an amen~hnent to the 0c~nnfltb~e
anlonchne nt wO~]d not be i~ ol~m. If t~lat
committee amen~h1~ent were adopted,
Therefore, we would ~ requlr~ to
offe~ 0Up ~me~idment~ which would go
to the s~me s~t{or, and the ~ame lan-
~nla~e prior to the a~pt~ of the corn°
m}t~e ~nendment by the Conu~It~e of
the Whole~
The CHAYI~MAN. The ~ner~er~t~
~ho~Id be offered as amendment ~ to the
committee amendment~s when submit-
ted.
Mr. ADAM~. Then. Mr. Ch~drman, on
the fir~ committee amendment, we
have an amendment,
The CHAIRMAN. T~e first commit-
tee ~mead~ten~ IS On ~e I, line 6
The quit}on is on the ~ramitb~e
~endmm~t
The ¢om[alt ~ amendment was a~re~d
to.
The ~HAI~MAN. The Clerk wlll ~-
l~Ort the next ~mmlt~ ar~¢ndment.
The clerk read as follows :
Co~tt~ a~adm~nt: On page ~, begln~
Idng i~ ~Ine ?, ~trtke oat ,,,0~uUon; Ciga-
~t~o Smoking M~ ~ Ha~rdoO~ to Your
H~alth'" ~Od ~r~ert {~ ]teu the:eof the
er~[ E~ I~r~ined That Ctgaret~o ~toko
[l~g IS I)angeroo~ to your H~ith ~id ~ay
Ca~ Uong Oe~e or Other D~e~.'"
The CHAPMAN. Are there a~y
~me~dm~s to th~ ~ommttt~e ~me~c[.
men~?
a~V~ZNT Or~gzo ~T M~. AUAMS ~0 V~I
Mr. ADAMS¸ Mr. Chairman. I offer
an amendme~ to ~h~ eomn~ttee ~mend~
ment.
Th0 Clerk read ~s follows:
Amo~nt offeeed by Mr, A~M~ tO ~he
ooau~Itt~e ~dme~t: O~ ~e 4, II~0 15,
$~ ~tor the p©~ ~ho ~O~lo~ng new
~n~nce : ,,In the c~se rff a~¥ etga~¢t~ p~ck-
ago h~V~ mo~0 ~haJl oa0 SI~. such $~t¢~
~nt ~hall bo placed oa the tw~ ~Id~t
The CF~dRMAN, The ~en~0man of-
~er~ the a~leIldlnent a;s ~n Bmenc~e~t
to the ~O~nd eom~dt~ee araendm~t?
Mr AD~S Yes, Mr Ohalrman. That
Wa~ the reason why I made the p0.r~lao
men[~ry Inqulr~, t0 be eer~aln that an
~.me~dr~e~t wh{0h wa~ a ehgnge In [he
lan~e of the a~to~l lab~l Itself, On
the po~itloning of the label, would not
be pa~s~d by and be out of order Lf the
~mmi~e amendment were adopted.
Mr. WATSON, Mr. Chairman, I make
the polr~t ol order that the amendmen~
to the conu~v ar~endment i~ ~ot
order, Inasmu0h as it does not d~r*ctlF
relate to the ~w ~e Of the ¢0r~.
mltt~ am0ndment.
• The CFIAIR~. T1~e Chair wi}l st~t~
that this amendment to ~he eomrr~ttco
Mr. ADAM~. Their, ]~r. Ch~.~i~fl~, I
ask unanlmotl~ col~crtt to withdraw the
~mendmen~.
2*he CIIAIItMAN' Without objection,
it {s s~ ordered.
There wa~ no objection.
The CHAZI~MAN. The ~ue~tlon is On
the eomm{tte~ amendmo~t.
The committee ~mendment was agreed
The CHAIP~MAN. The Cle~ will re°
P~rt the nex~ e~mmlttee e~nendment.
The Clerk read as follOWS:
COmmittee mmendmer*t: &n ~ 5. tine 4,
strike out "noV, att~ I~$cr~ In Lieu t~ert~of
• .~or.
The oc~nmittee amendment, was agreed
to,
The CHAIl~MA~ The Clerk will r~-
port the next committee mne~drnent.
The Clezk read as follows:
COU~ldt~.e e~te~dmen~; On pe4ge 6, ~L~lke
O~ line ~ tdlcl ln~ert £tt lieu theTeof ~he
foIlowing:
- .~j. [0. The prOVl~lolx~ of ¢~hl* ACI ~lch
affect the regul~t4on of edvorLIMt~ ~hall
berth1 n ~te on JUIF ~. lg~. but such ~a-
tlon ~b~ll ~o~ be top, treed e~ l~tl~g, ex-
pSUdl~g or o~her~L~ ~ot.lng the J~r~lte.
~on of autho~t£ ~h[ch ~o ~ederaa Tr~
COIX~ J~l~10~ 0t ~ Other Fe~le~l ~nc~ h~d
prior to the d~te of e~t~er~t o~" tlal~ Aoe'
"8~C. 3 T~ eaneadmc~ m~de by th~ Act
shall t~ke ¢~¢ct C~ JU~y l. 19~0y
Me. TIER,NAN. I~r. CheirnmIL I offer
e.n arden dme~t to the ¢0tt~LIt4~ ~l~11d -
m0nt
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment cffercd by Mr. TZ~I~ to ~
~on~alCte~ ~namen~: O~ .~A~e ~, lint 4.
~t~lke out .'1975" ~d l~ert IR neu t~ereof
Mr TJLERNAJ~T Mr. Chairman, my
amendmertt will simpl~ change the period
for the enactment of this act from 1975
to 1972.
If Members h~,ve taken the time to read
the bLIl~ or~ page b we would re~tuire the
Secretary of Health, Education, an(t W~I-
fare to report to the C0ngre.~ not later
than 18 months after the effective date
of this act.
In that ~ectton it requlre~, fir*t, the
current informaUon on health ¢onse-
quet~ces of smoking; and second, such
recommendations for legislation as he
may deem appropriate be sent t~ us
wLthltt 18 months eftar the eff~ttve date
of this enacttnent. Also on page ~ it re~
quire~ the Federal Trade C~mml~ion to
transmtt a repoIt to the congres~ not
later than 18 months after the effective
date of this act as to the cff~tivene~ of
the cigarette labeling; second, the cur-
rent practices and methods of cLgarette
advertising and proreotion; and third,
balch recommendatiolLs for legislation a~
it may deem appropriate,
Mr. Chairman, I suggest to~the Mem-
bers that since we have heard quite a
bit of talk with regard to tile efIor~ of
those in favor of this act to have further
medical research made and ~t~r ther funeLs
appropriated for that purpose, it Is In-
cumbent on u*, I believe, to change the
length of time that thl~ biU Will be on
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Ju~ 18, 1969
Mr. MO~. Mr. C~ndn~n. X offer an
~mendm0nt.
The ~erk read e~ f ol]ov~:
Amendment off.red by Mr. M~: On ~%~
3. line ?, I~mCdlate]y before the len~olon
i~e~ "~d in any ¢l~et te ~dvertleeme~t or
promotlOn~ ma+~ri~".
(Mr. MOSS asked and We~ glv0ll i~gr-
zni~lon to levlse and extend hl~ re-
inarks.)
Mr. MOSS. Mr. ~alrm~n. ~e amend-
m0nt before Foil now J~ ]~ ev0ry ~ense
the most lmporl~l~ which will be offel~d
to thl~ legislation. I point out that the
commltLee h~ ad0ptcd, as did the Con-
~rec~. e. label wh$ch makes a JlndL~g
~lat the u~e of cigai~ette~ LS d~gero~
to your health, and that label is pro-
pOeed to be vleCed upon the package of
eJga~t~s bet ~p0n no Other media o~
advertl$111g or Co~r~tP~.~ing ~ a
u~r o~ ~ prospective u~er.
If It is a fact~-~nd ~t appears TO be
~e consensus here--th~ the u~ o~
eiga~t~s is dan~ero~ to health, t~en It
Is ~ fl~l conviction ~bat a responsible
c~mmitt~ wll[ re~re ~hat notice be
contained in eve~ single sxivertlSemen~
Or promoflonM Offering brought t~ the
attention of the American public. The~
are literally th0~Sends of radio and ~le-
~sh)n Co~merc]a]$ evez~ d~.y, ~nd there
~ m~ny page~ of attractive ads in
every media of e~mmunlcatt0ns in this
country every day. They are brought
f0reefol]y to the att~Dt~on of ~e y01~lg
~Pn 8nd W0~e~ of ~ls Coun~r Who
have not Fet sL~rLed t~ u~ eigaretCes.
I am pe~c~t]y willing to wrl~ off ~b0se
Who h~ve ~h~sdy be('~m e ~h~ ~sve of f~
smoking habit¸ But ~[ am most anxiou~
th~t we do all ~Lhtn our power and all
appropriate in ~c exercise of g0w~l*
men~l power ~ ~ert Sl~e~C0dl~g gener-
ations to J~e Yact th~ they ahould not
take ~hat first ~Lep, that ]t i~ dangerous
for them to do so, and this amendment
would r~ulre that that war~ng be
placed on every adverL]sement made¸
It does not act in prejudice to one
media as opposed to the Other. It treata
all of ~em alike, and I think ~mt any
o~er body whSeh had the overwhelming
evidence of ~dveree lmp~t upon health
Would be required TO be labeled.
I know ell the pleas that arc going to
be made that thL~ is finally going to in-
Jure the mn~l ~obaogo far,mr. You
~uld be surprl~d the burden the mnall
~ObRC~O ~lT~ er h~s berl~ in [he~ hear-
lugs. YO~ wo~]d fo~et, ~f FOL~ were to
be present or to review the testimony.
that the ~mall tObacCo f~rmer has not
been as visible at any time as the very
large and influenti~ and p0werf~l To-
bacco Institute.
"l~e Members WJ]l be to]x] about the
t~s[]mony Of dLstlngul~hed members of
tho modlCal ¢omnlu~Ly before the corn-
hilt ~and every one of them ~ffho C~
and I~stlfied Contl~ry [o the c~ear con-
~ct[o~ Of the m~orl~ of organized
nlc~l¢lne eRrne there uuder t]l~ ~ponsor-
~hlp of the 'Z~l~ceo Institute.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE
to llfform a~d pro~e~t She American non.
miming public?
I think the latter l~ by far the more
worthy objective of this ConU~ttee ~-
day. 1 hope the Members will ~opt t~$~
amendment and live ~0 to their respon-
• lbillt Jes.
Mr, WATSON, Mr. Chairman, I rise hl
Oppoeit]o~ to the amendment.
Mr Chairman, ~t Is true, as my friend
the ~itl~man ~¢ro~ Cedlf0rnla sald, that
perhaps this ~trlkes at the ver~ heart of
the pl"Obl~l~l We @,re wrestling with, n~a~Co
IV whether or not we shall r~u~re the
~dvey~i~D~en ts to ~ICl~de the S~e war'-
Jug as we wou~d have mandatorily plaid
on the pack ~ge of cigarettes.
Mr. Chairman, I think there are at
least thee compelling reasons for
LO reject (h~ amendment. First, what
other legally manufactured product in
the United s~es is required to advertise
that their prod~et Js no good and the
product might YJ]I a user? That is NO. 1.
If It le legal b~ manulaeture file product
it ~s ]ega] to e~lver tJse It.
If We are r~al]y ~nc~z~ 8d with the life
~nd he81th Of 0~r C]~s th~n what
about the tbou~nds upon thou~and~ who
die in automobile accidents as a result of
people driving under the influenee of
alcohol? AS a mater 0| fact. t~tl~on'¢
before our committee wa~ that in 40 per-
ee~t of the ca~e$ ~,rhere the ¢onditlor~ of
the driver win, dete~iaed, the drivers
were ~ound to be driving U~der the In-
Euenee of 8tco~o]
Assuming those Who O~l~0$e cigao
ret~e~ and many of them are In favor
of outlawing clga~tt~s altogether, but
~ppO~ing everything they contend 1~
tree, 'd~at it cause~ lung cancer and
it causes e~npha&ema, and ]t e~se$ fallen
arehe~, end all the rest o~ lt~-the indi-
vidual who does smoke brings harm only
to himself, But wh~t about those Who
drink beer and other alcoholic beverages
and then get OUt on the highway behind
the Wheel of a ear? They not only injure
or kill themselves but kilt or injure hi.
noaent people. Is there any clamor to bar
them or to ben advertising as far aa 0~e
intoxieethlg beverege~ are concel~ed?
I~t tls be fair ebo~t the proposition.
Mr TEAG TTE of California, Mr. ChMr-
man, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. WATSON. I yield %o the gentle-
man from CeHforma.
Mr TEAOUE of California. Mr. Chair-
ma~ /l~, dc~tor te~s me I ~ave a cho-
lesterol problem. AS a result, I should
not consurde eggs or milk or ~ce clealn
Or b~c~n or dalI~ pz~due(6. ~o I era ton-
firming the point the gentleman Js mak*
lng Why ehotlld not these prod~ct~ [lave
the r,~me label on them as to their
danger?
Mr. WATSOn. Tbe gentleman flora
C~lifornlg, is c~rre~t Where do We StOp~
If we b~gtn here, then we ~Den pandora's
box and we have to treat other prob-
eros exactly alike.
"Fne ~ond reason, ~lde from being
unfair a~d an abridgement oi free
speech, it is a totally Impractical
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a ~alem," t~nd then ~mledi~lely h~ve
the~ ~y, '~]~e SUrgeon Oeneral has de=
te ~I~ed that eigaret~ ~nok~g ~ dan.
gore,s to ~onr heath ~nd m~v ~,~
lung ¢~ncer or ot~er ~,,? IS that
what you p~po~ the ln~u~tr~ d~ -~nd
more time degrading l~ proluct thaU
trying to sell it?
I~t ~ b~ practical
Even the Chairman of the Federal
C~h'nm~nlc~tion~ C~mmlr~sion hin~elf
~t~ted before the committee that If we
pt~ this ~nlendolent for all lnten~s and
purpose~ we are barring the ~vertisln~
of any etg~ret~s What company is go-
ing ~ pay to have ~n e, dvertl~eme~t
which W0UId tell the American peopl¢~
"My prOdUCt will kill you"?
~l~.lly a~d m~t important, in my
Opinion, this amendment IS not neces-
sary, Even Dr, D~niel Horn, the head
of the ~tio~al Clearinghouse for Smok-
ing and HC~]th, Pl]b][¢ ~le~th ~ervlee,
5ta~ed bOth in New York and before our
committee that we cOuld shout from
the rooftops, "smoking ]s harmfuL" and
wnUld not be ~e]]lng ~nybody anything
that lhey did not know.
]f Mernbers are S+All in doubt, there
wa~ a survey t~ken JUne 9 by the Public
H~alth Servic~ They a~ked people about
tlxts ve~T question The ~urvey revealed
that ~0 percent of tho~e who le6ponded
said they were aware of the faet that
a/llokizlg p@l]la~s may be hazsrdDus to
health,
yea, my friends, thls is the crUelal
question. DO you want to single out thls
Industry for d~[l~lina[or~ punishment
while beer, wine and other producc~s
can continue on their merry way? Treat
all alike in the lnter~t of f a]r nez~
Let me plead ~th you Reject this
amendment, It is absolutely unneces-
sary.
Mr ADAMS Mr. Chairman, 1 rl~e in
Supl~rt of the alnendn~ent.
Thl~ amendment would allow th~ ad-
vertising of cigarettes to be handled as
other products are handled :[ believe the
House shc~lld realize that ~,hat is done
with eigareti¢~ is unique when compared
to any othe~ pro~]uet in America
The gentleman mentioned eggs, but-
tar, milk, a~d s~mllar items They have
a redeeming fe~tu re to them, in that peo-
ple have to eat them in o:der to live,
There is no known redcenling feature
to oigarett~*s, and ~ do not know of any-
body ~ ho came before the comm~Ltee who
said one either had to have them to live
or that they were good for a person
I hope that some of the Members will
have the opl>~rtunity to feted the hear-
Jngs which took place lust week, The code
authority of the broadcasting indus~r~--
a~d th~s ec4ne$ floln memoranda, zlot
testimony of the withes~es but menlo-
randm--~xarrdned the problem and said
this:
Cigarette Adwrtlseng OuJdelJnes SH
"SH" S~ands for Mr, Helfl.~ch--
opiulor~ed l~at th~ curient policy e4 the
~ub~rlber cle~yanc~ off¢~ ~ servit~g ~o
I t~a]d Fes~rday I~h8~ We had a basle requirement,
weaken ~he ¢~US$ ~f clge4"~ ~V~r?*~I~
t~]f-regulation t~me ot t~e current a~*d
QIle~tlon ~o r~olv~ hel~ ~y: ~ th]~ ~lDpo~e ~he~ ~ o~l]y ~ s~
~,ttl]ounceo p~p~sed AmerJ~ T~baoo~ ~ercl~a
label deaigned o~ly to protoot bhe lndl~- ment of 15 ~onds or ~o
duration, What were noted t~ report ot Nov¢~aber 21 mc~t.
try ~gain~t ~ablli~y ~use Of ~3ae wouh~ yo~ do? Wolfld you have
~ eo~l- ing with Au~erlcan Toby) ~ e*a~pl~
nature Of their prods, Or ~ it deigned party ~$,y, "I Would WMk B
nd[e to smoke th~ er~lon %here Is t~klng place la vtrm~
--~in
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June 18, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE
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the ~earings In ex~nso, but if Mere- Wc bavc ~. code which the National ~ype to an ad~uinis(ratlv¢
agency, over
bets Wl]l refer to page 239 vf tlle hear-
lngs of June 10, they Hill find this ]an=
gu~ge appearing ~n the confidentfftl
nlemorandttTn of the Nat[o~.l ASS0CI~.-
tlon of Broadcasters;
I)lmculty Ln cigarette edvertlslng Is ~bat
¢oll~merc~Ms which ]~avc sn impact ~pon an
adult can ~ot be a~ur~ed l~ lear© unaf-
~ctcd • young v~ew~¢. ~moker ~r otherwise
Tile code authority Itself. o1~ pag~ 168
~lld pa~e 169 oJ[ the ~,fft~ hearing to
which I have al]uded, pointed out the
dim~lty o[ enforcing Its own regula-
tions I~dCCd. i~ the appearaIIc~ tllat
Ass~[atJorL o~ Broadcasters has ad-
mitted is so ineffective that a number of
Its hlg|l onlcla]s have s~lgge~ted the code
~Althorl(y be ~boll~hed ~,n~l that lt.~
functions b~ tral~sferred t~, another
agellcy.
We have advertising WhiCh Is veI~
clearly dh'ected to ~h~ young people of
this 1NatUre, ~t ti~e~ &rid hollrs and on
progrRms arid through a~ ~ppeallng
cent ent wlllch would Ii~t/llene~ ollr yolln~
people ~ smoke cigarettes a~d t~ke ~p
i~he habit
I say that one slgnlflcant stride this
tills Rgency ~lade before oxlr cor~mltLt~e, ~IOUS~ CR~ L~ke today is to ado!gt an
it w~s forced to ~dln[t that on 0n]y amendment Which w~ll prote~t young
two ccc~s]ons h~d it been able to take. people from this kind of advertisement.
steps or had 1~ taken ~teps to act t~galnst WC have n high duty to ass~e
that the
~lgarette advertising which might have regulatory agezlcie~ c]~argcd
with re-
an undue apPC~ to yo~g persons. It spolls~bi]lty v~ regulating
~r0~deasting
Is admitted by the code auth0rRy that
01e :NAB code 18 ineffective lll regul ati~g
~dyertl~[ng [o Iprotect tile ~oollg.
II we reler to the same h('arings, on
page 150, we will have tJnc do~Urnen~
el the cod~ authority on September 12,
1967--and let nl~ remind this bo)~dy that
nothing h~$ }~sppened in the J~f~llm to
change I~te truth or the halpaet of tills
col~n~ent--~ ~d we find tl~erein & d[e¢~$-
slon at some length el the implle~tions
o~ cigarette aclverbis[ng g~[d~lhle~, and
the~e word~ ~ppear;
~e adult world ~eplcted in clgarett~ ~-
~rtJ~ng very o~ez~ ~s • world to whic~ ~he
~dole~ee~ ¢ ~pJre~ The cowboy ~nd the st¢cl-
workvr ~c ~y~b01~ of a m~t~r¢ i~a~e~l~lty
bowar<~e w~lc~ he ~trlveS I~iV~la¢lty. ~m~n-
~1~ astac~me~t a~d eucce~s arv ~so ~ery
~esirable ~t~lbUte~ T~ ¢1~ ~'oung p~n,
s~okll~g may r~a~ily s~ern to be ~ t roper t~
step thet he~ps ~ran~ccn~ this growlh from
~d~le~e~z~e~ to m~lurity.
The funetlo~ of this amendnle~ is
not to hlJure the industry. The ft~c~ion
el" tills an~endn~en~ is ])e~hap~ to save
the h]d~s[ry ~l~)~ lnore grievou$ action
~t a later time.
It is very plain that when all U~du~try
Jumps it.s adve~tl~ng Item $200 million
to $~00 In'Ilion a year beeaus~ vf ~l~e re-
quLrenlent~ ¢~f th~ FCC with re~ard to
antismekJng ad~rertlsements which ap-
pear ~ telcv[slon~ it Ls eoneel~ecl and it
J$ i~tueh coneell~etl ab~u~ t]l~ p~rl~uu-
tlol~ of the malke~ to which It appvalv.
It is very p]ahl, I would ~ay to Ina~y
of nly co]]¢agues here, Jf they but look
at the adveI~lseme~ts which ~ppear on
television, they $411 ~ee with clarity that
the advert~sing o~ ~.he cigarette I~du~try
~ppe~ls lo ~lle ~Olll~g pets011.
I a~sure my ool)eagues I will not ~ffer
~ubseq~ent amendments, ~nd It Js not lay
pu13~ose to offer ~ an~endment which
~vlll d¢~troy the cigarette industry. It
I~ 21ty hope this arnendnlei~ w[]l carry
and tha~ It wtl] sel~,e ~he publio interes~
by prevclltlng adl erLislilg which will ]ui~
yo~!l~g pco]~le tow [~rd tile clgaret I~ habit,
l~et i1~ clisetl~s for a m ~lll t~n t the ~ltil~-
ticn in wl~lch we final ourselv¢~ I do ~ot
s~ to rescale t}lose alrct~d~v ~tnoklng
from tile frolt~ Of their folly¸ I seek on]¥
to ~e~ to It that young persons wl~o ~re
i)altlcu]arly vulnerable and subject to
the ln~quenee of (11~ ~ ar~ proteoted
~*g~h~s¢ advei[Islng wl~l~h would be
dlrevtod to th~,
take all reasonable and proper steps to
protect young peaple
Mal~ In this body would seek Io pro-
te~t yollllg people from pol~ography ~1~
that sort ~ publ[catior~ I S~y that for
~he h~alti~l ~n¢l wellar¢ of the yo~lng ped-
dle adve~lslng which '~,ot lld lt~duee them
to sllloke is 've~ little different In total
eff~e~ or~ the II~dtvldu~l from s~laelous
material. One leads to degradatic~n of
spirit, ~h~ other l~ad~ ~ the most utter
l~eMth r~ril.
~o I ~y there I.~ an opI~orlunRy before
this body today, we c~ln adopt at*
itmendr~¢nt which will ~ot ~[) adver-
~i~n~. which will no~ prevent Rdveltls-
lng in any other lnedia, bttt Whlch Will
tak~ '~h¢ significant stride forward Of
f~sllrlng tha~ dllrJtlg ho~lrs whell yollng
p~ple w~ ~iI to~evl~lell a~d on pr ogr~ll~
whtch young peopl~ Watch with partlcu*
la~ lnt~r~s~ and particular ~ppeal that
adver'u[sing Of ~lg~rett~s will n0~ ~l~l)~ar,
~o that th~ young pe01~l~ Of this Nation
will be prolecte4 from ad~ction to
clgaret tee.
MI¸. lllgOyltILl[o o~ l'lorlll CaIollna,
Mr. Chairman, I r~e in opp~sltlo~ t~
the ail~er~dm~nt
Mr. ~halrl~181~, I Ilrg~ that this aine]ld~
rnel~ be reJ~l~d. The alnclldmen~
offe~,ed by my friend from Michigan
• ~,ou]d gran~, I believe, to the l~eder0*[
Cornm~lntc~tlor~ Conln~[~lc*rt ~ome very
broa(l ~l~d eweep[ilg pr~wer~ which ~l~
tmpIe~ed~[l~d.
First, I should like I/o ImlIl~ out that
the Cl~alrlnal~ o~ ~l~e Federal Con~rt~unl-
calloils ~inml~.~lon, in hearl~g~ b~or~
the Cor~mittev on Inl~rstat¢ ~]~d For-
e]gn Co~mei~e dll~l~g his t~imo)ly ~e=
foy~ put con~m[~t~, exp~e~ed l~is op~
p~sition to proVlglons of this type. He
~ta~ed at th~,t ti~e that I~ ~ou]d be lr~.
pl~ctiea] 'u0 enfor¢~ them, lte te~t[fle,:l
~hat l~l~l~tlor~ Of tills type world be
¢~reln~ly difficult ~ &~lm[nister.
It Js shl~ply ir~pl~cti¢~l, I believe, lt~
view o~ ~ho listening anal viewJng habits
of the American p~l bile
~ecor*d, Mr. Chairman, I should like
to point ollt, as ~ the t~tnendment of-
fered b,~ the genllcl~lln fror~ MIchigan,
hOW would on~ d¢~rm[ne wight a slg-
Isifle~n~ iludien~ ~j or wl~a£ Is ~ sllb~
st~ntlf~l number of vlewe~'s? Woulrl that
by I~ percept of the viewing a~diel~ce?
Or 10 ~reent? Or 75 per~llt? We ~,~r-
t, al/lly should no~ ¢le]eg~te ~wer Of thl~
such a tlernendeusly llnport~nt subJ~t
as this
Third, I wott]d point out to the Meal.
I~rs ~hat we should not be un[ler ~IW
ll]uslon as to tile result w~lch won]d
follow iI such an amendment wcrl~
adopted¸ AS a l~c~ic~l matter, it wo'ald
lead ]~lolnptly to the eliminatir, n of f~l]
cigarette aiIver [i~ing over r~dio and t~le.
ViSion
The Conlnlls~lon 11~ ~]re~dy made its
Jr~tenl!on el~ar ~t has ~*l~r~oul~ced i~ I~ro~
posed rule to bar II1] cigarette advertising
~ronl radio alld television
~ do Ilot know of aIly valid ba~ls f~r
prohibiting ~deel~is]ng oI a proiluet
which may lawI'ully be manulacture~l
and sold
Fir~ally, I ask this question: On what
rational ~a~!s can we limit thJ~ grRnt
of ~urisd]ctlor~ to eigaret~ ildvertJs]ng
aloI~e? It ll~s I~en r~Jtl~d out in the
deba~l! here lh~lt thor0 ~r~ mat~y o~h~l~
produe~ ~]]egc~l to I~ hazsrdou~
The Crffllml~lon Is now t~ b~ given
the authority to prohibit thl" ~dv~][iein~
of every pr~dllet ~ h]ch ~me g~onp c]ldms
to be haza]dous I ~uggest that this
anl~ndrnent ,,~ dill [I o])e~ a p~ndora'~ br,~
and It ~]lould be defeated.
~I~¸ BOB WIL~ON. Mr. Chairman, will
th~ ge!ltlelnan y]eld~
Mr Br~OYHILL o1" North Car~lina. !
yield to ~,he 8el~t]~mat~.
Mr BOB WILSON. I ~ll[nk tile gen~le~
lllar~ ]~85 i~ado ~n Oll~$tandJng st a tel~lent.
l wcJU]d like to asso¢ls~e Iny~e]f with
Ills ren~a~ks,
C[gal ¢~CS ~sid¢ ~or th8 nlo]l]~l/t, le~ 118
~xanlhle t]l~ Jll/l>act oll ~dver~Jshlg In the
abstract
l.~lr~. 8 product ',X,, l~as been attacked
~ Oovernment and private grl)ups 88 ~
health hazard
~eeotld, tt reglllatory agerley I~R$ de=
¢]dcd that. therefore, It~ "authority to
act is reany a dtlty to act¸"
The patt~:rn is quite simple, even
tilou~ll tile pr0b]~,nl is complex¸ A stimU-
IllS. In this ease geveAi3ment and private
¢]larges~ Js ~ellowed by a ~"es~r~se, the
action of a regulatory agency Notice tha~
Cong rer~ [~ nea~]y shor~Ircult~d--aiid so
[~ the ~ssulnption of lrlntmt~llee until
pl oven guilty
On this ~im]~]e Jtleth3~atiol~--and de~
spite the FC(~ discl~lhner~--other pl,odu~t
~lv¢~t~slng ~o~lld ~o ~he Way o~ e[g~lre~tes
~i¸ example:
Butter, nlargaline, cooking oils, milk
and d~ry pJ'ed~cts contain Cholesterol;
fleer an~ wi~e l~e al eoh 01ic b~ve~ age~:
IS~t drinks ¢~t/t~[n slight or ar~ifieigl
Tootllr)as~e and denigrates eorltalll
~ouride~
Alltom~,bi]e$ have been Called unsafe
at ~.ny speed: and
Air travel ]1~ b~er~ ttnde~ ~t~k as ~
ha~arll
On the basis of this kind 0f reaching,
the ~lippl~ the "~ppl~, and ~'ne war re°
sist~els have nll~-,ed a goe~l bet l~r they
~u~d logically argue that the ~ shotlld
ban Armed Forces reerll[~en~ ~ommel~o
~[~]s [i~lii teic~slen, bel~a i~ wRr is Ilaz~
ardous t,u your health.
You will, of c~urse, under~l~nd that I
~.m e~ggero, ting to m~ ~ l~lrl ~. How-
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CONGKES$|ONAL I~iCOKD~--HOUSE J~ 18, 1869
not thst I either favor or Oppose the
&~end[tle~.t, bcca.J~e I t]~[ thO Kmend-
1~I¢~D.% ~11~I¥ D~lla t,3 o~krv~ ~)ttt ~Jl,
are~ of authority in the FCC which the
already h~, It e/~ hw addltlonal
&t~thortty to b~.n v.dvert~slng altogether,
:It is q~te ¢le~r. I believe, that the pro-
V'~10Vs in the t~iU conts.hlvd in s~tion
5(b) sp~iflegily st~tte %b~ only prce~p-
tlor~ wl~h re~p~,t to advert/~ing whlch ~s
contai,ed in this law. The precx~ptlon
contah~ed therein slml)]F s~.vs the*% r~o
8tatern~n ~ rolating to smoklng and he~)th
shall be required in the adve~slng of
any cigarett~ tI|e pack 9.ge~ of wDi~h ~re
¢4 this ~ot, Thus the preemption ~cction
only pr~ek%pts the field of labd[ng and
the field Of co[tirol of ~ntorual oont~nt
#.4vet~t~Ln.~, The ~.~1~te~tdmea~ of the
gen%|en~.1 fro~ Cz*llfo~ (Mr, Moss)
W~ nece~ry if tho~ pr0v~[Qt18 W~re
to be 6hanged. bevau~e the gentleman'a
amendment $ald thai; th~ Cor~rni&s$cYa
~hou]d be perndtted to regulate the in.
tern~.l contour of advertls~ng+ However,
th~ ame~dmet%t ¢)ffered here pta~£.or t~ to
go into a field which the Coron]i~slon
h~ not presently preempted. Tha~ is the
resaor~ wh~ I c~not ~rgtle e4 t~h er in favor
of or ~gal~t tl~e am~(Lment, b~u~e I
think the amendment simply gives to
co~tsined Jn a larger ~tt~hol~.~y to pro.
hlb[L adverUalng a]~gether.
I should llke to volnt 0ut thee. a~ I
~lon is not restrleted Irt the field o~ pro-
hlbiting s~ivertlslng uuder this ~ct. I
thlnk this is the tem~hing ~f the Bsnz-
~m.se I think 11: i~ r~ognlzed in the
report ~.nd It h~ been r~gv/z~l by
every 18.wyer who h~ been engaged in the
sub)cc~ ma~er with wl~om I h~ve con-
~t~ted, They all s~v the lemguage of the
act upon It~ f~ee af/ords rm Impedhnent
to the Commission's b~nn[ng c~g~re~t,e
~.dvertistng entircly~ I~ 18 sv.id on page
$ of the report:
~n ~ue~t~ ef ~* tm~ on ctg~ett~ bdver-
¢i~r~g Is ~ t.r~ted in %h~ F0den%t Otg~-
re~te I~%b~i~ng a~ Advert~Ing Act It t$ faLr
to ~y that th~ ~ongrees lln*[te({ ~ proht-
~tt~B in the ~t %o s~ato*1~ent~ re%~ing to
*mokl~ and h~Ith b~'~use Lt WIns ~ot
though% that an~" ~ttempt W~Uld be m~de i.~
b~m ~t,,Ch ~dver tl~lug
The bi~tezne~t after "Dec~*%l~e" i~ ~*me-
what gratultotuk It is not certaln why
Congress limP~d Its proldbRlo*~, but it
is clear that It did do ~.
The reference is, of cottrse, to the 1985
act, but the present a~t contains Identical
lang~tv~e in ~cctlon 5 (b).
The Coram[~ion may rese~ dLffercnt~.v
than the chain*lazt or It may change It~
l~llnd when the S~reB1e Cotu~ v.el~ on
the ~n~haf case, I do not think th~ Is
the kind ~ thing ~hat Congro~ ~hould
ever, I do no', i~thtk I maw be ex ~*ggar at-
ing by vel7 much. Cc~inl.v. l~ is" no
Ing in4u~try h~ ~ ~t d~l to lo~e by
th~ overreach Of t~8 I~CC, yot~ Wolfld
do well to Join with the IndUSW~es which
~ be r~re ~bxe~tened at pre~e~t:
for the FCC is making a wave th~ c~uld
scan e *~'ulf F f*tl.
I c2~n ~.~ure you that t~e p~per p]m~e
to de~ide this verY import, SilL matte~ J~
in C~ng ~&S ~d through the es~bllthed
mC~h v, nlsat Of h e,%rlngs ~id de0~te I c~m
slsc, s.~ure you that It 18 my Intentlou %o
~oe that Congre~ is no~ byp~e~.
TOO much I~ at s~ke 1~r the ~Iga~et~e
industry, th¢~ broadcasting industry, t~he
adver thdng h~d~stry~d for the Amerl-
oan pe~plo bnd ot~" ~orr~t of gove~¢rt t~
MY. BROyHH~L of Norbh Caro]In~ I
th~nk the gen0emem.
Mr, ~. ~. CT~irnm~ wl]l
the gv~t/eman gield?
~r. Bp.oyIIILL of North C~rollns, I
~]d to the g~itle~ms, n from Texas,
Mr. ~. Y~rill the gentleman
poinL c~t to r~e any pmvl~Ion in th~
bill w/dell pr~Dlbit~ the FC~ now from
re~ t rictln~ adver rising ?
~, BROY~ of Nor~t C~,rOllP,~.
The Ch~h~ ol the ~ ~,iteede~
point Jr* tJ~e he~rt~gs, I thivk the gontle-
msn is aw~.re of that.
Mr. EC'KIIAP.DT. Since wh~ do we
m~ep~ thv ~ ~4 %t-e FCC ~ ~
sttorn¢¥?
Mr. BR~*Y~IILI. ¢,f North Car0//D~.
Thi~ ws~ the statement made Jn qult~
• . ht~ of ~a~tt~ Ln the ~)~t~ee,
I th[uk the eon~mlttee as well ~ the
C~-nm[~ton lbSelf e~a*o~ not onlF the
p~t ~*. b0t also thls bill I Leelf proh iblt~
]~CC from moving into this field, It
h~ beam e~t~.blished for q~te some time.
Mr, ECI~IARDT, Will the g¢~flemsm
yle~d tur the~?
Mx. BBOy/~LL of No*%h Caro]h~a,
Mr. ~DT, The statement of
pr~e~nption in ~tlon 5(b) ~y~ tt~tL r*o
statement relatlng to smoking or heath
~h~ll he requ~re~, tn "~.~ ~ve~h%g
s,hy clgarettes the p~u3kag~ of which gre
]~.bcled in conformity With the m~t. I do
not ~e any thivg in that language which
prohibits amyLhing talt the activity
s0UZh% to be permltled by the arnend-
melt~ b~d~d by the g6-~er~8.~ frOt~
Califor~l~ (Mr. Moss), ~ ~uinly not ~lat
SCtlvity s0ugh% to be permitted by the
amendment offel~d by the gel]~le/]l~*,]
from Mb~h~ (Mr, D~G~LL),
Mr. BROYHILL of North C&~>lln~.
I WIH be glv~ to have the gentleman
t~ke l~Is own time ~ a mmnber of the
co~unith~e to argue whatever point he
w~t~, but IL W~ e~t~blishcd, I believe,
not on)y ht t~le he~rln~s, but the Cvm- leave in the air as a policy
matter. It ts
~/~,~ ha~, Ve]T definitely ~ that ofpar~mountl~i~port~nee, M¢,C~a)rman,
they we~ pr~e~tpted fn~m entering into that tl~ere be no muddying of the s~ream
this field ~ wer@ ~h~g to nm~c [nb0 It ~ a result ~ a CC4~mfls~l~n rep~r~
only ftfte~ t~ v~t expired. It.proposed ch~ir~lan's views, or a ~mxxv:ittee rop0rt.
t~ rtfl~, b~L t~e~' were ~v~% g~2.~ %o %Ve sh~$6 n~ be att~vt*%D~l~g %o wak~
te.k~ ~ flr~J action ut*Ul afte~ th]~ ~t law by ¢0w, mlttee rvp0rt, l~tdeed, as a
expirvd matt~l. 0f fact. the committee repot t sub-
Mr. ECKHARDT, I~r. CheJrmsn, I atontl~ly sup~rt~ the proposition that
m0ve to~trike Lliela~'ord. ~ ~.c~ do~ ~ot ttt ~¥ way t~Ch the
][ Woldd like to take nly time on the quc~tl0n ofprohibltingorpreventlng v~-
propo~ltio~ rgised by t~[s ~le~etme~t, verM~ng, W I hstve poi~ted out. It seems
to me th~.t we arc simply ~gh~|ng et baStle
In a lleld wldch is not bguched by the act,
is ao~ to~ched ~y the revert, and ~hloh
is in th~ face of all ~9onslblv cour~
d~isloils up to the presel~t tlr~e.
The CHAIP~JAN. The question i~ on
the amendment Offered by the ~en$[oHlan
from MlchigPal (Mn 1:)~I¢~ ~ ),
The qLl~tlo~l w~ ~ker~; ~nd oxl
d]vJ~on (dematlded by Iv[r. DI~QEI.L)
there were aye~ 35, n0e~ 59+
SO t'fle am endm~nt Wat~ r e~ ecl~d.
Mr. VAN DEI~[~LIN. ~e. ~llalZl~aR, I
offer ~ amendvlent.
Tile Olerk r~ ~ ]o]l~ws:
Amendment of~eeed by ~x. V~ D~Lt~
~a p~ 4, I1~ ]~. ln~0r t after tbe period th~
clg~tt~ ~kage h~v~ ~or~ th¢*ll one side,
~ueh at~teme~% ~haH b~ plac~d o~ th* two
Widest eld~ ol Such p~kag~'*
(Mr. VAN DEERLIN aSked and was
gL~ parl~d.~b~tt ~ ~eviae and extend
re~ark~.)
Mr. VAN DE~RLIN. h~[r. ChaL~natl, at
this point in the debate I feel a little bit
like a l~ew p$~*y~r c~ratng htto t~e game
in the third q~arter wl~e~ t]h~ ~orv is
slready 21 to 0 against him, I have B
trice, clev~ Jer~y, b~t~ I do no~ ~va
like]F to alt~r the cour6e o~ t]~e g~tme
very r~lt(~hml~n~ea~ y011 are StY1 p~e.
pared to ILsten to a little logic.
do l~ot like to ~ my ¢&bb~ge
twice, end I was Up he~ yesterday talk-
Lng ab~u% ~ha% ~ pr~ba~y ~ohag ~o
happen on the Se~ate t~[de. I thhtk this
is l~lp~rtant, to those of yotl Who feel
that bY beati~g back araendment~ .to
thL~ bttt, ¥~tt P.re perfQrmittg ~ ~ervice
for Doltl~one.
I do not believe there Is gol~.g to be
very much time whe~ thL~ bill gets to
the senate. AS a matter 0:[ fact. in 12
d~y$ ~rld ~ few h0Gr~ ~rO~l TIOW ~he
pre~ent cigarette labeling l~tw will ex-
pire. I~ pa-~es into ltrabo as of midnight
o~ June ~0. The LLS. Senate wm ~3t
upon legi~atlo~ brou~t to It trora the
~enate C*omml~tee oI~ Commerce. IL Jt~t
could be tha% 6here will be nothing On
which the Sengi~ may proceed. ~t is pos-
sible ~a~ the ~l~ in %h~ t~% the% ~¢
~eem likely to ~end over after t~day~
action will be tulacccpCable to the Sen-
ate lev.dershlp. FAther through l~acL[on
c~ ~h~tgh t.he 6.~[~e of the fll~btl~er)
It ~eenlS po~lble there will be n~ enact-
me~t. ther~ will be noLhing for the pr~-
lde~t t~ sign. ~nd the ~gencies ~f Oov-
ernme;]L whom YO~ ~eek to forestall Will
be free t~ do their wUl.
Mr. Chairman, the ameztdzneztt ~hat Z
propose addre~s It,ll llot to the ques-
tion of advertising at $]1. It le~vea our
aro& Of ¢o~lcerzl $~rJc~ly to w~i~ aDpea/'a
on the package. Bt~t th~ law tha~ we
paSSed in 19~5--~S the Members know.
those M~rfiber$ Who ¢~12 ~ak~ a p~k~ge
o! ¢lgar~es ~r~rn their pockeL~L~
the ]abe] on the narrow side of ~he pack.
or car to~l. next to the copyright, snd al-
most lost from displaying the warning
which ~v~ ha~e ~ ~ ~rellgthell.
If we leave i~ on th~.t sanle panel, thtet
thin zlde. it will noL be seen as the pack
lies on the tabIe or on the display coun-
ter~ ~nd We wilJ not be doing the Job that
the wg.rnhlg ]abe~ is lntonded to do.
which is to w~r~.
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H 4952
CONGKESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE Ju~ ]8, 1969
]~[r. L~J~l~t,% the rea~ for n~v oppo-
sition to the amendment l~ that it is wRh-
out ~ ~at~i¢ fo~tnds~ion or Jp,~L~I*
c~lo% e~ I e~m fe~x tu] the~ Jf ~e r~'~
to ~ dev~ee ~ are not goJ~ to en-
Hffht~n people, but rat3~er we will de-
ceive the~.
1964 the ~n C~ere]~ ccm-
r,~Jttee ~de a finding that ~¢o~e did
not repr~e~rLt a eJg~L~ce~b health he~o
exd. In the ~ before our com.
mlt t~e wl~ess~ made it ver~ clear that
no new ~ he~ ~ pubU~'~ ~nce
1964, and that t~erc Is no ground for a
d Jfferer~t co~e~on. '~e~, eo- call~l, refers
to eo~e 2,000 co~ponen~ in c~e~et~
emoke w~l~ are nornml]y Iound L~ the
smoke of any em~.~Le~c~, and ~ are
~om~d in tradeable quanLlflea. In 196~
t~e ~reLa~,T ~ ~ opl~cl the list-
ing of tar e~ylng that it we.~ ml~ee~n~,
I mLght point o~lt here, Mr. ~e.Lnrne~,
that there 1~ ~o L~fl~l~lt¥ in the ~n-
t~t Of ~obacco~ C~e Czop varies from
another.
In the early 1950'~ the ~ rP]e~J that
the difference in tar eonte~t we~ lp~g-
rd~ca~t, e~d U~S wea c~:d~me~ b~ JU~o
cia] renew.
I believe it is IJ~ere~tL~ to spe~d a
moment to review what the ~rc h~e
done, In 1955 e~d later in 1960 they
l~r. PUCL~SK~, Arid w~rn him ~ the
he~ar ds, ~md at the ~me ~t ~me I believe
It would make the advertis~g 1t¢~1~ •
~reat ~ev~ more mcaningfv].
Mr. ADAM~, ~ believe it wotfld. It abe
solutely giv~ more l~fomlatlon as to
~vh~t a nm~ L~ ge~g hi th~ pro~ct he
1$ g~lng to lntmle.
Mr. THOMPSON of Georgia, Mr.
Chairman. Would th~ gentlemen yield~
Mr. ADAMS¸ I yield to the gentleman
from Oeor gl~,
Mr. THOMPSON of Oeor~i~. Mr.
Chairman, I ~volfld ask the gentleman
this: Supposing one Izackage of ~lgi-
rettes indic~te~ that that p~t~ttcl~ar
brand h~ • lower nicotine ~te or a
h~her tar rat~ than another pw~k~ge?
Which would be the better brand~
Mr. ADAMS¸ I would ~.~ to the gen-
tleman that that i~ up to the in~vidU~l
who Is gein~ to smoke ~hem. He is golDg
to h~ve to make ~p hL~ ~[nd ~vhether
hc want~ more tax or more rdcotllw.
ivfr" - THOM~p~ON Of Oeorgia. Mr.
Chairman, if the g~ntleman will yield
ftlther, I know that the gentleman has
looked into thI~ m~ttcr, and that the
gertt]eman is very knowledgeable about
the ~u~tter, a~ I would e~k ~he gentle.
r~an wha~ ts the average ~ar and nice.
tine ~:entent for the ~tver~ge ~[11erican
cigarette?
Mr. ADAMS. In the average Ame r lear,
cigar ette? It depends upon what type of eame Mong wllh gutdeline~ to combat the
sc~.le ¥o~ ~s0 L~ terms ~ the r~llltme~er tar.l~lcotL~e derby ~t~th~g from c¢~1.
measuremeutofit. Ieannottellthegen. flictlng a~vertiser~ent~ by the d~ere~t
tle~.rt What the aver~g9 ODe ~ t~ay, • t~O prc~uce~.
perha~ the gentleman ¢~n 8uppl~ the Then fu 196~ they did a complete
d~ta torte, flop without any new advar~ement in
Mr, THOMPSON o~ Oeorgla. I~ the evidence on this subject and said the~'¸
gentleman wo~d yield further, the point woU~d ~c~ept this kind of a~ver~i~lng
I am makine t~ ~lmply this: ~[ a p~r~on wit hour que~tY~n.
is knowledgeable, ~ the ~entleman In Therehasb~e~nonewevide~e~Ther~
would ~ ~i~ their ~yc$ to
amev~me~t bec~u~, in n~v Judgment, I/
the~e is ~v~vat~n for that industry it
ndg~t W~Y Well lie in this amendrd~t.
w~z]d compe~ prcd~ tc try to
reduce the t~r and nicotine c~ltcnt in
their produ~. S~e a~ alrc~ doing
Bud ~oh~ It ~e~L Apparently, they
have had ~ome src~t ~t~.
The po~t I am m~kin~ here Is that by
~.~ ame~t yc~ WOUld bring about
gre~e~ dek~-~ Of conlpe~t~on among
the ~t~d~cer~ of c~g~re~tes to try to re.
duce ~:~e t~r and r~co~ ~n~nt if they
~v~t t~ stay in bu~lne~. If they are 9b-
livl~us to t.bc publl~ r~c~on a~d ff they
e.rc oblivlol~ to t~e feet that the high
c~nt of t~r ~d ntco~e ccn~tt~t~
a r~ h~mrd t~ be~, then t~h~y are n~
goitt~ to stay in bu~ very long.
l/re fact that t~ ~ be a p~bit~on
~ai~ cig~re~e ~ve~lsir~ by the va~-
o~ mc~a in t~ co~ut~ ought c~r~
te~ly to lOOk at t/ds amendmen~
~ Jud~lu~rtt, ~ off~ a ~ution~ a
workable solution, i would like to ~c~
what h~ppc~ to el~sre~te ~ton
and wh~t egcct it ~ on public he~dth
whe~ m0~t cig~rct1~ u~c~ wh~ ~
kick the h~tt do have a choice in cl~a-
retted. Right ~ much of the a~vertis-
When peopi~ bUy c~g~ttes, ~ey are
Imp~ by commercl~ but have no
Id~ what t~cy are b~l~.
I t~ the ~entlem~ ~ offerin~ t~
am~dmcnt is ma~ln~ an b~cet effort
here ~.~ t~y to r~o]vo t~ pr0b]~ sud
bring some b~l~cc between ~he fact t~
smoking m~ bc he.~ar do~ ~nder ~r;~ln
circLm~t~nc~ on Lhe o~ hand, and the
fac~ ~t we d~ he.re an ln~ in t;~is
cmmtry Lhat nc~ds to be prefaced on
the Well is, and who ha~ spent M much
time as the gentleman has. and Who is
~u~ arl ~xD~r~ Or, th~ 8~lb~e~, c&m~ot
~D~W~r th~ q~ ~$~lon, hew ~11 We po~bly
expect any membr of the public to know
any~lng by the ll~ting of the tar ~nd
~lco~inc ¢on~ent, meaning they do not
know what is the safe level, and they do
Dot know what is tl~e dangorou~ level.
If an indLvldual ~tch as the gent]ematl
~n ~c We][ c~nnot answer the Qeu~t~on~
l~ would ~DI the average per~o~ wgu]d
~$o be untie to ~.D~wer the question,
Mr, ADAMS. Oh~ this Js very, very aim-
l~le. Ther~ i~ no ~.fe level of tar ~nd
nicotine, so the individual i~ not going
to be s~fe, but any dmumy can go in
and lc~k ~ a ~rie~ of cigarettes, com.
l~Rre ol~e with the ot~¢r~ ~t~d ~. whether
One Is lowe~" [~ tar Or ~ot~e th~
tbe other.
believe it Wou]~] b~ moD~tr0t~ If We
tried to tell the individual on the p~cko
age that thi~ is a safe level, bec~usa we
knOW Of I~o 69.~e level.
A~ the gentleman poluted out on the
question of con~par{x, vn, you w0Kld look
at ~ent~, Marlboros, and all the Other
brands, and compare them.
The C/LkIR~. The Ltme of the cen-
I~eman ha~ expired.
M~ SATTF, RFII~bD. Mr. L'~ainnav~ I
in opposltio~ to the araendme~t.
MrL Chairman, this &mer~n~ Wa~
c~are~uUy ~nsidervd in our committee,
and wa~ defeated.
is no item in ~ Smoke identified the other h~d.
a~ causing any dIbea~c O~zr c~mmttte~ Mr. ADAMS. Mr. Cha~rmau. w~dl the
quite p~perl~ rejected this amendm~t, genUeman yield~
TO make it ~mndat~ry that there
would be included a oo,rbent level of tar
arid nicotine would ~ to encourage t~e
public to rely upon ~et~ing ~h~ 1~
no ~ou~tloa In fact. In ~n~ It
would mlsle~ tile pub]lo into I~lle~g
that there l~ ~' in one cigarette over
another where, hi f~t. lhet~ 1~ no
'l'~l~ will not I~d to enlightens%
Mr. Cha~. ~ Will lead ~ to de~
~rldence t~" Ju~tt~ ~ls ~endme~t. It
Mr. PUCINSNI, Mr, Ct~lr~a. I move
ple eVlde~ ~nd ~plo ~reh that
has b~n d~e by h~ I~bli~ H~lt~
P¢~lee. the Federl!l Tr~le ~omml~l~,
tl~ ~.nd tar content of ,,,~rl~ b~'~d
~,me elgarett~ in ~ ~tmtr~.
I believe there is ~ a ~'ong argu-
men~ that can be made that eig~.~et~e~
l~'~rlt ~ a lower ~,n~nt of ~" and nl~.
~ are 1~ de.nge~ than eIga~t~
I~ a hl~her e~r~t~at of ~t ~md
niche.
I wca~l d hope that ot~r e~]l~e~ from
Mr. PUC~SKI. I yield to the gentle-
Mr. ADAMS. I wo~d llke to ~men~
o11 the Helltlem~11'~ ~,r~ent ~e D~de
~ut .the nl©otine a ]~tt]e earlier. I
th~k he wo~d remember ~.d is pr0b-
ably aware that d ~rlng the hearin~ the
d~¢t~r~ testified that hi.fine, of eotu~,
~s e~tr~¢tlve of the blood ve~els be-
tern. ~J~ Other words, It for£es the b]~
p~u~ ~p and re~e~e~ the bl0od pro-
cure e~d ~n 1~d to ~ heart e~nd~t~on.
• hl~ is wh~t tile Sur~ Oener~l s~ys
about ~t:
• hJr3, to pro~de the ~n~umer with i~-
fo~i~ on th~ tar ~nd ~e~tln¢ lev~ of
ht~ r~g~ret~, on the p~ka~e ~n~ in a~ver.
t~u~, We believe the ~or~ur~er Im entit]e~
to ~uow th~ ts~ a~d ~ne leve~ o~ his
Cigarette. 8[n~ November Of 1967, th~ Fed.
ersl "r~ C~m[~on ~ i~ued periodic
~ent and ~]~ble, and ~I t~at re~r~
be done t~ It~ llst~n~ oa pe~1~ge~ and tn
advert~Ing~ I~ ~ the view ~ th0 Y~bllc
He~Ith Servl~ ~t tb~ ~ ~f~l i~orma~
tto~; that the ~wer theee ~eveI~ ere, th~ le~
"Ynat Is why I ssy, Mr. Chairman, that
I wOU~d hope the ]Membe~ WO~]d ~op~r t
this ~men~t~ent.
Thei~ is ~r~o1~ ~o~eer~ ~ak a~ver.
¢ov~vrnvd about the tobacco lr, du~t~, ti~lng be banned. I t~Ink that ti~ who
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ffune 18, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE
H4955
1rue state of the mater Is in ~,he best Forty-eight of the 50 StJtes
p~hlbit today plote~ting such FederaI p~mr*~
t~.,ible fashion the sale of cigarettes to minor$, tlm~ It is
curious that those who aI~-
Mr. Chairl)la~, this l~ a %er~" $[Iflple
amendment, Mid I hoPe it will bc adopt-
¢~ It is tb.~ $~rt rJf ~ arae~d~tent that
fit~ in with the rest Of ~his bill, sIld I
The CHAIRMAN The question Is 01~
the amendment 0ffe~d by the gentl~rdan
from Washington (Mr Av^Msl.
The questl0n w~s t~ktm~ a~5 o~ ~ flto
vlMon (demanded by Mr. AVAMSl there
wei~ ayes ~7, noes 59.
So the amendment was rejected.
A~LNnM~ ~rrF~V ~T ~a ~a~e
Mr. ADAMS. Mr, Chairman, I Qffer an
~mel3dment,
~e (~l~rk ~'~ad as fol]ows~
Am¢~dme~t o~ere:i by Mr AB~MS! On
page ~, ne ~3, Inser~ slier the per~o~ the
following ~W ~enteace: ',Th~ ~ubs~tlon
division ther~f, which p~,bJblt~ the Sale of
eLgarettes ~ per~3ns b~low ¢~r t~n ~ges, front
eequlrl~g ~hat any elgar~tt~ a~vertJ~0ment
W~th[n it~ Jurls~letlon s~ fort~ ~he fa¢~ tha~
p0rsons b~]ow ~ert~n ages ar~ prohibited b~
stlch ~tat~ or po)[~c~d subdlViSio~ frol~ pur-
c~ ~sing ¢[g~ ett~s."
(Mr. ADAMS asked ~ld ~,'a~ given per-
r~lss[on to leVl~ and extend his re-
rc~tlrks )
Mr ADAMS, Mr, Chalrlnan, th~ L~ the
IRS~ a ~ilfl/flen~ a12ou1, W~¢h 1 know ~t~
we h~v¢ to offer. I thought that state.
rdent might bling ~ little Joy to ~olr~e
of yol~ This is what I refer to as the
States rlghW' amendment I ~ougl~t we
would s~ve 1~ until last ~>~¢a~se it WOuld
h~ve ~he bc~t chalice O~ p~=~l~g.
Mr. Ch alrt~an~ this law has b~en con-
strutted by m~lly State,--and I have
st~Lelnents ~t the table from v~tious
state commlssLoner~to prevent them
~gttlatlng advertising within their
States.
NOW, It hSS beort said ~everal tlme~
d~rJng this debate ~at ~garet~ ~re a
l~gal plOdt~et. ] wallt to M~ate clearly to
thl~ HOU~ tllat elga~t ~e~ are n~t alegal
pr0euct for minors In t8 of the ~0 states.
Mr Chalrn~an, in order th~ ~he Meln-
b~rs may have some id~t of the severity
o| ~ome of the ~tate laws. I Shall refer
would read to them for example~--~nd
the gentleman fnom Texas (Mr, ECK-
H~Wl nlent loned marlhllana and I know
nlany of you are very, very ViOlentl~* op-
posed tO mal~hu ana--but I want to read
to you what tl~e Indlarm ~t~tute s~ys.
Tile Indiana statute states a~ follows:
It Is unlawlul to give, barter, or sell 01thor
~lrect]y or Jn~[recLly ~ cbHd under ~ to.
i)~*~o to b~ chew~ ~r sm~k~.
minor eigarot~, clg~ret~ wrapper, ~r ~dv~se
arid cvun~l n~nor t~ ~mok¢
U~lla~i~ll tot p~r~on u~der ~] to buy, rc~
(else or accept or haw ~[garet~, ~lg~rette
p~p~r, ~rapp~r or paper ~nt~lalng mor-
pLi~le, nlcoLIll~, oil oI heI~p.
M~. Chairnlan, Jf advertising Is not ad-
i,lsing or o~l~l~sellng mhlol~ 1~ l;tn~ke,
do not know ~hal it is,
For thc,~e of you ~ho are not familiar
lth marihuana, marihuatla IS one ¢I the
~¢mp iar~ly and ~ 0overc~ by the de-
¢lsions o~ th~ court
It would seem to me that in all fair-
ne~s we should at le~t allow States that
prahtbtt s~l~ to r~tr*ot-~ to regtll,~t~ aa-
ver¢ising wlthlr~ their borders by re-
q~Jll~tg that there be a w~rning. ¢veh
as they have said In ~he S~t~t~ law, that
would say in the advertising, ,.NO one
under 1~ Is allowed by 8tare l~w to smoke
cigarettes or ~0 h~ve, ¢lgar~t~s"
Certainly, iL seems to m~ they otJght
be able to say to their young people¸
those who are of a particular age the~e
warnings and let the ~tsLe~ decide
whether or not they ~re allowed to ~moke
and also gay to the adverttM~g people
that within cerLahl hour~ within our
Stst~ y~u ~hall not advertig~ the sale o~
cigarettes,
I think that probably if it were not
of the cigarette companies v.oUld be ~n
violation of the ~taLe laws wl(h reference
to advising, eoullselltlg, aIld ~bet ~hlg ehll-
d~eI~ to 8tI~oke.
Becs~se Ill the letter I rel~d yesterday
In 1 month In 1968 there were 133 bil-
lion pr~ll~atiolts of cigarette advertise-
ments in tht~ U~lted States, and it aver-
aged oot that every teellager ~&w at le~t St
65 commercials it* the month, ~nd ¢ver~
eklld ~tw ~,~,
NoW, this Is c~lmulative-~ls is effec-
tive This I~ showing theLr parents and
other adults smokt~g and indicating to
them that it Is a habit that is worth
while,
~,Ar. C~lrr~9,n, I have Ll~ eet ~lrl~g tl~e
¢ourl~e olt the day to offer other ~mend-
men ¢~ O~her gentlemen on oor side have
offel~d amendment* to *it least l~t tile
~CC and the FTC resolute, NOW we
are ~aying, ',All right, if you are
goh~g to wipe RII of those OUt snd
If y01i are not going to let anybody
tot~ch it, Bt least allow the Statos
that have Slate laws prohlblUr~g the sale
to mirrors do some regulating" It is
you can require Jr. yOU h~ve it in the
Stat~ now, If any o:r the Mettti0ers have
littenefl to ~ome of the gasoline adVer-
tJtemen~ whet8 they ILlt~ these bingo
g~mes, Jt ~ays ',Weir1 where DrohibRed by
law,,,
The CHAII~MAN Tl~e time of [h ~ gen-
tlem~t~ has explrec{.
Mr, KC~. Mr. Ch~lrmtLrh I rL~e 1~1
sL!pport of the ~mendrnerlt offered by
• ~h~ g~l~k~tn~trt ~rDm "~as'~l~g~r~. qyn~
"preemption" s~ction, section 5 of the
bill, is s CUl.lOt~ provlMon It cortt[n~¢s
the pre~nt laW which preven~ any
Oov0rlLment ~gency, Federal, SL~Le, or
local, f I~or~ req~dl~lg llealth warnings in
cigarette adver tlsl21g
]ff ena~bed, ~Llon 5 wtl[ continue L~
prohibit t,he l~ederal Trade Cr~n~ifls~J~i~
~l'Otn reqolrlng health wgaqll~gs in ~ll
elguretle adveI'tlslng; it ~qll o~ntinue to
Con~mi~-slon froln bannhlg ~igat~tte .~t-
vertising On radio and televlslo~ ~nd l~
will emntin~e to prohibit ~h~ St~te~ fror~l
exel~ising their authoi~y to leglslet~
'.?ith relpco~ t~ l~al advertsing.
It ~ ~ullous tha~ th~e who rush to
dele~ ~t at~,~ rlyht~ Rre not on their leer
prove of a health warning oft cigarette
packages dl~ppl~Ve of a health ~,var~-
lnR In auy other form.
Recently, I ~,d this question to my
~pport my positiol~ in favor of th~
FCC's proposed ru]ln~ banning all ciga-
rette ad~ertisillg on ladio and tel~vi.
sto~?'¸ O~ those ,~ho i~ponde6, q5 ~r-
~en~ agree With nly position sltppor~g
the FCC'S propose~l ball¸ Seelion 5. if
passed, Will leq~ire rac to Loll lily eon~Ll~
tuents ~b~t the Col/gres$ doea not COIl
~lder the I~C to ha~e any ( oI~oetence ot¸
juriNtietton in what is bro~ deast over the
allw~vc~ '1~1e Con~Iress has eleated atl
agency I~ reglllate those ail~ ayes I/i the
~llblic II/~erest ~nd yet sees fit to relok~
such authority now, and thereby a speelal
hlb~t e~ ~hi ixt ger~t ~ly I~ r~ad.e i~l amoral
to the public's interest This is a ellliou~
way to leg[slate a~d 2[ think nkv c~n-
stituenl~ arid the p~blJe at lai~e will
agree, if this hill t~ enac~,~d without ~e.
rio~ls rvylMon on th~ flool¸ this aftern~n.
TO Ilndc* tile Iffogi~ ot 8~on 5, 1 urge
r~v e011eaglle$ to 5tl]l~lor~ the Rmel~d~ellt
that ,~.ollld re~tole the authorlKv of I~d-
oral, ~tat~, and local ~geneio~ to regu-
late eig~/rette ~dv~rtising If they ~een~
it to be in the be~t h~tei~I of the pub.
lie's health and welfare.
(Mr KOCH ~ked al~d was given p~r-
mi~,~lon to revise arid extend ~1~ re-
Mr. FOUNTAIN¸ Mr. ChMrldan, I rise
(Mr. FOUNTAIN asked and was alyen
pelmls~l~n ~o revi.~ and exte~ld ]J~ re-
marks )
Mr. I~IJN~2AIN~ Mr. ChRh'lllall, the
dis~lngulsed gentleman who hltroduced
this amendment said that he saved it for
th~ last in the ~ape that the Inood o~" the
House might change I ~ould ]Ike t~ ~ay
that the gentlema~ certainly saved tile
worst oI~e lor the laat.
~[r. Chalrmatt, I tim O0~OS~d tO t~la
~nletldment As I understood it~ leading,
~h~ plopOSal w'otdd add Ol~ page 4, linv
23 ~he following :
'l~ls sUb,eel[oil do0~ not pre~cnt any ~Late
or political ~b~lvl~lot~ lhereof, Which pro.
certain ~ge~. Ir~m ~qulrlr~g that l~lly i~l~-
arette a~ertisement within ~ts Jurisdiction
set lurth the fact ~b~t ~e~$o11$ b~low ~or t aln
~ge~ ~rf ~tohlblLed by st/¢h ~late ~r pollt[=
eal ~ubdhlslon from pxlrcl~$~llg elgaret~s
~l~i~ gnl~ndlnent, if added to this bill,
WOUld ¢leaLe utter eh~s, and vhtuaUy
make ilnpossib]e ~latiotlally bloadeas~
progran~sor the disscmlttatlon of nation_
ally ptlhlished nllIgazines, and indeed
tnany locally published newspapers,
Imagine 50 different advertising formats
I~ a nationally broadcast program.
It wo~ld open the door for each State
to require each ¢lgalette advertisement
to reelte word for wold the State's law
II~ern~g ~l~e ~urehaae el e~ret~es by
mlnors N~tion~lly broadcast p~ogr~re~
~pon~ored by It elgarett e comp3ny WOUld
not be received in those States, for no
e~mmerelal could possibly recite tile
varying appllcallle prol'isio~s for e~h
and every ~t~te that might have ~he re~
qllh em~nt
'~t/~;~ ~
114956
Variations in State Iaws p~ohtbiting
ames to minors are well known Some
refer merely to//liners; ~lT~e ~o the llge;
others have provlsions as to written pez-
mission of g parent or gUardianj al2d
by minors and the age limit for a sales
violation is frequently different f~ the
llnllt for p~e.qe~[orl wlt~lrt a given 8tats.
~9 sho~lzlg nationally t~levlsed p~0ffra~a~
f~r In ad~ anee, often before it Is certain
• ~ho the sponsors Will be. St ation~ 'h~ul d
be denied the right to broadcast many
progra'nn if there was the remotest
chrome that even a ~0*~cCOnd spot eig-
¢.rett¢ ~l~l~er ola~ r~lgb.t op~a~ CtX t~.
These ~e variations wo~lld render it
knll~sible to have printed elgare~¢~ ad-
verisemenl~ In national publleation~, and
In n~0st local newspaper~ which etxjoy
any substantial out-of-state elreulatlon
The end zesalt would either be ~tter
~haos, con fu61on to the readlng public, or
~ore likely the complete ees~tton of
cigarette advertising--which Is what
those offerh~g thi~ and other restric-
tive amendments are really s~kll2g.
'[7~ey really want a b~n on adVer~ls-
I~lg either directly by law or indirectly
~y restrictions which will bare the effect
of stopping the adver0.~[ng of cigarettes
either nationally or locally.
Mr. £hairmma, le~ me n~so aria that u~l
of these ~mendmenk~ relating to reQulr-
I~ '~val~a~ ~t~t~lncll',~ 11] ndverlismg,
Whether Imposed by State or F~deral
agencies, embody the unique fcattlre of
having a btlMl~es~slnmt foot the bill for
what congr~s~ has made clear Is a ~ov-
eminent ln~'orl~atio]l pretrial Ill ~hl~l
IUst~nee, It is heavily $upplenlent~d by
gre~*t many private ol'ganlzatlonll Who
raise vast s~ms Which they devote to
f~ut~tg~.r~t~ q.W t~c~g~a ~ p~t-
~,~ets and ~,rttismoklng clinics and the
It would be equally IO~1~1 to r~qulre
bllsine~,~ a~ver tlsli~g of ~ny s~rt to e~rry
fill] itdo~atioll ab¢41~ worl¢~aerFs ¢0nl*
pen~atioll lawtL about the need t~ I~y
lnaonle l,~x~s honestly and fairly, $.bou~
the availability of unemployment cmn-
pens~tion, or any other illfoFffla~lon~I
program wlileh someone believes ~h~
publle ~hould h~ve brought to It.
Even more, In this lr~tanee, a~ the
~tEW official in charge of the educational
progcam made clear, there is no netd for
~o stringent a r~qHIr~m~nt.
To put this burden on the advertls-
I~g ~1 a pr~ct th~*t vna~ ~ ~a~ttlly
~old Is not OIt]y !ou~ltlve but ~Ie~o Wholly
unwarranted In fact, It would be an un-
due burden upon interstate commerce.
I urge and slneerely iaoPe the eomrait-
~ee r~'i]l vo~ t~lt, amendrd¢nt dow~l.
Mr LE/T~ON. Mr. ~alrm~n, ~ the
general debate yesterday on HR 6543.
the Public llealth Cigarette Hmokll~g ACt
of 1969, I listened with great interest to
the s~atement made by I~y ¢Ol]~agtle and
~t*:~l friend, L I~. Foresail, ~ne~xnln~
his position which Is o~r ~lnly represent-
ative of the po~ltlon of MI of us from
North ~lirO]~lla. ~f~r 1118 remarks were
printed, I went back and reviewed them,
In the RteO~O On pv~es H491~H491~,
land 1 find myself In total agreenaent. I
~or~mend ~r. ~OUNTalN ~or hl$ ~ne~rn
'CONGRESSIONAL B~CORD- HOUSE
and effort~ to keep adverl4stng rego3a-
lions within the authoril& of tile ~r.-
gre~ and not permit agencies of th~ Fed-
eral ~verllment to rm] in all directl¢~s
11~ the matter.
Vchlle I ~m aI~ Op~ ~ the p~o-
l~od Wal~lng label because I do not ~-
lieve that cigarette ~mcklng has been ln-
coatloverttbly established by medical
authority as dangerous to health, I sh~l[
~up~or t HR. 6543, to extend public hoalt~
protection, beeline this a~t will main-
taln the ~t~tutory authorl~ of the Con-
gre~ to regulate advertising. The ad-
mlnlstraUon of Ile~2nelng ~al~ot vSdldly
be converted Into m'bl~rar~ acts of e~t-
~or~hl~. The c¢~ralttee ktll, I f~eli ~lll
pr~t~t t2~e public ~lld flee enterprise
frora the (lxr~t of bl~real~cratl¢ direc-
tives.
~r, I~OSS. Idr. Chal~lnan, I move to
strike out tlie l~t word and ~se In ~up-
port o! tile amelldment
M.r. eJh ah~l all, with all due deference
to the very dintln~alshed gentleman who
preceded me In the well. I did not ex-
I~t that. I would be herO long enough
to hear barn almaden h~ tmditiorad r~le
of ~pporth~g the rlght~ of the Statue.
It lda very l~ffeshlng experience.
I was altm Impressed by the ml*infor-
matloa where he Said It WOllld r~tare
word for word ~he r~l~tlO~ of f~e laWS
Llie BLares ~n ar~ ~dvertlslng,
Mr. FOUI~?AIN, Mr. Gbalrnlan, will
the gentleman ~leld~
~r. MO,~.~. I ant happy to yield to the
gentleman
Mr. FOUNTAIN. I did not t~ay it would
~-equlre that. I ~ald It would make It po~-
slbl~ for that t~ happeta.
Mr. MOSS. I would refer to the clear
language of the amendment!
TIM~ ~u~ctlo/~ de~ not pinyon ~ I*ay ~t~t~
bib I t~ ~he ~1~ of e[~ ~ ~r~olts b~low
certain ~ge~ from ~qlUr[ng that ~ny elg.
forth t~te fae~ ~h~t pel'~ below eertal~
ages are prohibited by ~uch ~t~te or po-
IRl~l subdivi~lora frora p~lrcha~ln~ cig-
arettes
Now there is not a t~hl~g there that
Implles there is the re~t~lrement thaL
all the provlslolls of the law be set forth.
][ have seen advertisements On nlally
occasions s~Ying, "This offer is not legal
in the following States" and then it goes
on to list a serle~ of States where the
coupon cannot be redeemed or where the
game cannot be played.
~ut here ~,~t e 1~ a compete pr~emp -
tlon, and all the gentleman from Wash-
ington wallt~ to do Is to clarl fy the right
Of the States or local subdlvlsiolls b9 ell=
Ior~e their prohibition.
YOU most remember that when the
law of the Btate sAy~ that tills Is not a
leggl pl~duet to & 16*y~lar-old or I~n
18÷¥eai'-oId person, thell l~ is not a law-
ful product. To present it ~ it was pre-
~en~ed In the well here & few minutes
t.h]$ W00]d ~ $*ta O~e~O~ bx~rdell On
Interstate commerce distorts completely
and clearly the intent of ~he attthor of
the amendment.
There ought to be some limits on hOW
June 18, 1969
use of ciga~ettes. There is clear evidence
that ~ome of the ~tates lllLerpret this
as an ~bsolute Preemption where they
cannot teqvare a notice of the fact that
It is ttnlawful to offer thera I0r rdde to
~mng meu a~d ~en b~10v4 ~/~aln
ages, in most States 16 or 18 ye~ts old,
I think this ~s the very least that you
e~n do.
Perhaps we have reached the polllt
whel~ the ~OtlSO or the eon~llt~ 12~
inclined to say: "The public be daraned--
We are l~t cO~t ce m~d with yOUr welfal~.~
Tliat is what the a~tioll liere today
lmpre$~e~ nm e.s being.
The CFIAIP~VIA~. The qu~lon is on
tixe oxaext6mel~t ~ere4 hy tlxe ~eatte.
~ian fr~n~ Wa~hhlgton (Mr. A~a/~s).
Tim question W~s taken; and ma
division (delna~ded by Mr. A~,~as) {$qero
8o the amendment was rejected.
Mr. CLEVELAND. Mr, Chairman,. I of-
for ~n amendment.
'I~1e Clerk read ~ follows!
~d,nendment ¢lI~t*ed by /dr. O~t~ : Ca
~ew SUbS~Tt Io1~:
,'(~} Tn0 I~retaty of Agrlc~ltalre shall
t r~amrnl~ a rel~ to Con ~re~ ~ot Idler than
~1~ mo~tks after tb~ e~eetlwe d~te of thin
/t~t~ ~ltd ~ntlall~ tl~er~af b~r, ooD~erning the
dollar ~o~nt of a~mtnt~tr~tivo co~ta, ex-
porb ~aten~s. m~rket proltlOtl¢la avta~.tle~.
price ~pport~, or ~o~ldleo~ 0~t or ln~l.
roe~= of ~tty kirad Wh$.t~r, ~l~at l~lxlt~
to gcower~, proe~r,s~r~, or expor~sr~ of t~o
p:odueea In the united 8t~.~
nlake a I~lnt of order,
The CHAIRMAN. The ~entleman Will
stat~ it.
Mr. SA'l=f~RFalgt-D. I me.ke a point of
order ag~llmt the amendmeRt aa not be-
ing germane. It pert~rts to the l)e~.rt.
ntettt O~ A~t¢~ltU~ al3d khe ~liolnl~,~
$.ppIleable to export pr~nvtl0n, market
pmmotlon. ~ld a4her matter~ pertain-
ing to ~. The amendment Is not
germane to the current aeUon It is alsO
beyond the ~eope Of the bill.
The ~HAIRMA~. Does the gentletaan
from NeW HampslMre de,Ire to be heard
on the point of order?
Mr. CL~IVELA~D yes, I do, Mr.
My amendment, Which IS elmast ~e]f.
explanatory and ]~ quite bl~e f. WOUld I~e-
quire the Secretary of Agriculture to
thal~smlt a report to the ~ongress
months after the effective date of this
act eoneermng a matter that I believe I*
directly involved In the eubJeet matte*
of the bill. We are all concerned about
the health angle ~nd the t*dvertlslt~
angles In relation to the u~e "at tobacco.
~ut there is at~ther f~,CCt to thla prob-
lem and I think the public sh0U]d be Ill-
formed about tt And we Members should
be informed about It. That Is that the
U,S Government is subMdl~lng tobacco
In some instances, and they are shipping
~t abroad and ~n ~orne ~ore~gD co*dairies
I am told they are advertising and pro-
hinting its use.
l%ow, Mr CnalFnlan, the purpose of this
l~gl~]ation we are dribbling Is to Wenct
the American public about the dsngerl
far we are Willing to go to der~ ~ of ~raoking cigarettes. Tills is eertalrdy
w~rtting, or effective orde~ agalns~ the a proper health f~nctlon of the ~overr,-
June 18, 1969 ~:ONGP,~SSIONAL RECORD HOUSR
H4957
merit But ~ ~ nat~ hypoc~t~ttleal, even Mr. ~12~¢. Mr. Chairing, the
well as three rather smaller eompar~e~--
two-f~d, t,o b~ I)~g lY%~ w~rrtlllg amextd*nent which we have debated this
I~ros & Br0 Co, Stvphano Br0,, and
while artal3ae¢ arm of ~vhe Go~rnment aftertloQn portray the ¢1a~1¢ issue of
the U/~ TObaCCo Co.
is acUvely a~d perhaps exi~rtsIVely en= self=regulation verst~ OQvemment
regu-
gaged in the buslne~ of supporting eub- lat4on Of private tndtust*7,
sldtz ng and even prornoti.8 the line o I do not think there Is any dlt~gr~-
tobaeol~ Of course It is, , merit on the potnt that wherever feasible
While iny arnexldrne~t would no% end ~d inthep~lbllc tnt~rest, ~elf.rcgul~,tion
this pracUe~ it woUld compel the (3ov- of private industry l~ always to be pre.
ernment to h~fca~a the Caxpayer how
much it ~ COSt~ /tim %O alaintain arid
expand the market for a proch~ Which
hl~ government t~IL~ hlm---a]~ at his
o~3 expell~--filay be harmftfl to Use,
Surely, Mr. Chairm~r t, we a~noU]d end tids
ernbarr~kqg, ~tly dauble st~ndard~
On page 5 of the bill, llnder stlb~etlor,
(d), the eommittee in it~ wtadom has
asked Ule S~retary of Health, Education
and Welfare to t i~llail~t B report to C~11.
oz/current inf~r~lat[c¢, in re~pect
to the health e0n~equen~s of tmoking
recommeiidati0ns, if ~ny, for
]egi~lati0n,
On the sarae page, the ~olam~ t tee in iks
Wladom ha~ asked the Federal Trade
Cornmeal]on to transmit a rep~r~ to tha
¢~ongr e~ not later than 18 month~ after
the effective date of the ftct Coricer~ing
(he eff~tlvene~ ~f ~lg~rett~ labeling
and the current pra~tices attd method of
c~garette advertising.
I¢ ~cems to me it would be quite
germane for ~ to take the next step a~d
a~k the ~retar¥ of Agriculture Just how
mu~h he is ~uttlng int~ the prc~notin8 of
tobacco and ~b&e~0 plx)d~tcts, how
lnuch of it i~ being exported abl~ad, ~nd
Under ~lat eOndltiol~& I think this is
thoroughly germane, ahd I ask the Chair
to so ~Ule,
The CH.~IRMAN. The Chair has ex-
aridned the anlend~nent Offered by the
ge~tlemart from /~ew H~m~hire (Mr.
CI~VXLMer* ) alld the bill before the Com.
Ix~ttee. The Chair observes that there
~r~ two reports required in ~e bill, a~
show~ on page 5, at~d the gen$1eman'~
~mendr~e/~t adds S* third rep~l~ tha~
WOUld be required, and thl~ t~flrd report
would b~ germane to the ~ub~ect raattor
of th~ bill I~ ~eerds clearly germane,
and the Chair overrules the point Of
order.
The gentleman from New Haral~hlre
r~]~ized for 5 ~31n~ltes in support of
lfl~ amendment.
(Mr. CLEVELAND f~k¢~d and W~
given perra~a.~on to revlae end extend
his re~ark$.)
Mr. CLEVELAND, Mr. Chairman, 1
~llIlk rny prevJo~$ rel]l~.rk~¢ lrt e0/~rl£~.
tian with the gez~nanen~as of this
amendment a]s0 ~xp]a[]3 my pur]3a~e lfi
~king the House to adopt t~L~ ~r~end-
~en~ 'f~e h~tlr is late and I know tha~
maIly members Of the Corrortittee have
been listeldn~ to this debate Imtiently
and for a long tiz~e, I Cft31 Qn]y ~ay I
h~pe ~he Chairman of the Commit~ee in
hl~ wisdom, Ilow that he has fou~ld the
amendment is germ~r,e, W~I ac£ep~ it,
The CHAIRMAN. The questlen is oil
the amendment Offered by the gent]elnazl
florlt ]~ew HsmDsh[re (Mr. CL~L~).
The arn~ndraent ~,a~ reJ~ted~
~erred over G~vernment reg3flatlon, BUt
where an industry, e~trusted with the
burden of self.regulation ~.bdicate$ [ta
re~por~lbiUty, then, in the k, ztt~re~t of
the laubllc, C~ve~nment must act to fill
the r~!ulatory gap. which ha~ been
thereby creatural.
eonslderhlg t]ds preposed le~l~la-
faced with a deeAslon which Will bear ¢11.
on the public health and welfare
of our Citizens. and in partloflar on our
young people. TO pa~ the bill in il~ pres-
ent form would be t~ all0w existing p~t-
~ra~ and techidques of ~lgarette ~dver.
tls~g t~ ¢o~tlnue, po~lbl~ unchecked,
for another 6 ye~r~.
I believe that it is therefore incumbent
Itgon ua to haqu~re as to Just how good
those pattenl~ and tx~hnlque£ are, and
as %o the nat~xe of the guidelines and
regul¢,tory devices width govern them.
The tobacco lndwtry ~ one which
purports to be ~elf -regulated.
At least it has all the ~pp~arance~ of
self-ragu]ation.
l~ar example, the ind~tr~, ~rly In
1964. drafted ~.n eight-page Ciga~ffe
Advertising Code, the ~rirnar~ aims of
which were. ha the worda ~f lt~ adralnl$-
tra~or, ,,to avoid appe~]~ to y~uth and
to e]lr~ltlate m~ubsk~nlAated health
c]allr~," At the salne time ~ reglll~tlng
lastr tanenl~4~lgar ctte .a.dver ti~ing Code,
Th~n JUly 1. 1984, the major tobacco
co~i>anie~ inVOlved in 01e dr~fting of ~he
code ~ppoInted l~ob~r t B. Meyner as the
~0de*s administrator, at ~n annual ea]ary
of $100,000 Iv[r. Mcy~er has to thl~ date
been the CAC'S only adrah~Jstrator, and
has cent, in u~d I~ receive the |ID0,000.a.
y~r s~ary f~r the r~a~t 5 y~rs,
C~lvea*, therefore, the~e lndlc]e of self-
]~gulatlon, we must now ]aok to the r~-
oral to se@ exactly what, kind of ~ Job of
self-regulation the CAC and i~ edm~n-
lstrator bare been perforallng
D~rlng hearings before the Intor~-~abe
and Foreign CO~lerce Conmlittee on
May 1, 1969, Mr, Mey~aet testified that
the CAC represents -a worthy e~mp]e
of ~'df-regu]a~lon." If his tes~hn0ny on
£hat date. considered as a whole, is to bc
tak~/l a~ ~ V~]U~, theD the ¢gnell~JOrt
would be that he and the CAC are doing
as effe¢~t[ve a ~b of se]f-regtlla~i~ as
could be done. B~t, r~grettably, this dt~$
z~ ~eem to be the ca~e ,
Let tt~ therefore, look to the record to
~ee Just hOW "~vor[hy" is th]~ ex~mD]e e~
sa] f -regulstlon,
From t~lC 0uL~et, I refer to a rather
critical sl%u~t~n re]atin[~ tel and ~eri-
ous]y afI~t[llg the operations of, the
CAC's subscribing raember~idp
When the CAC w~ ha]tially adopted,
Mr. WHALEH, Mr Chairman, I move it listed as its member~ all
of the s0-called
to strike the requisite n~mber of words. "big ~ix,, tobae~0 c0r~panie$
.Araer]can
(MI. WHALEN asked alld Was given Tobacco Co,. Brown &
Williams~nI LIg.
perraL~si0n t~ reVise and extend h[s , get[, & ~yer~, p. I~r~llard & Co, Philip
renlarks)¸ ]v[orri~ CO,, and R~ J,
Reynelds Co as
But ~'ithin 3e~-~ than 3 years afar the
date on which the CAC wcnt into effect,
tw~ of the big ~ix corn panie~ withdrew as
members--P, Lol~]lard in 1966, a com~
paily wll~eh today repre~efits an ll-Der-
cent ~h~re of total ~ndustry Dr~luctJen
Of ¢]garett~a, azld the American TOb~co~
CO, in 1~67, a company which now eccl.
pI¢~ 22 peree~t of the total Industry
market.
"i~erefore, ~ have today a ~lttlat]oIl
where major tobacco e~gmpanie~ re.
spoi~iDle for one-third Of the total U~,
Cigarette production are not even subject
to the rules Of the code. How, then, Cart
I~[r. Meyt%er presume to "epeak for the
industry" wheA at lea~t one-third of it
has not bee~ llnde[ Ida Jurisdiction for
qu~te some time?
B~t putting a~ide for a moment~-Jf
that is pos$1ble--tho~e two critical 4efe~-
t~r~, let u~ l~k at what kind of L Job
that CAC have been doing in reg~ at hng
the adverfl~rtg of the rem~nhag me~-~ber
Article IV, section 1 (a) of the ¢~4e
~t ~te~ that--
Cigarette advertising ~hall not appear:
(1) On televt~i~n an¢~ r~dla pr~gram~, ~t in
pub]lea%lom*~ directed primarily to per~n~
~nder twe~tT.~n¢ yeart of abe; (2) In spo~
~nnoua~ments durll]g ~trty progra~a break
~, 5r dl~rtng %he program break imtn ~llately
preceding or Iollowing, a teleVi~ior~ er eadla
pragram dlre~t~l primarily to pet sQ.n~ ul*der
~el year~ ot age.
But when we look at the rc~ord, what
do We find? I shall i1~ the exa~lple of
WNBC-TV in New york City, the "flag-
~l~p" el the lqatlenal BroadcastLng Co.,
%o dem~nstra~ that ~he abgve-c[ted pro.
Visions are Violated regularly.
FOr one thing, on April 17. 1969, a
typical broadea~ting weeknight on
%VNBC-TV, FCC reogrds ~how that dur-
ing prime t~me aloI%e, 12 separate ¢18-
aret~e 9,dvertiselk%ent~ were fdi-~d.
Fur thor, taking, as examples, four sep.
arate television programs atred O~
WNBC-TC during prlnle tinle, you ~[I
find that tw~ cigarette commercials xvere
broadeas~ dulhlg -i 8py1** four during
Tatnmy and the Dc~torI" two during
"The Virginian." and three d~ring "Dan_
lel Boone¸"
I ~hit~k thaf the ~olatlotm here of the
~be¥e-cited CAC provisions are obvious.
Tile shows tha~ I have mcntiol~ed ~re all
mo~t certainly i~rograr~ that draw v~s~
a~[e[lC~ of yo~/ng pcop]e.
Let us leek ~t another prevision Of the
code. Arilc~e IV, section 1 (d) of the code
f'lgaret~e advertising shalt n~t represen%
%hat cigarette ~rn0k~ng ~s essential to ~0~al
promlz~ez~e, dt~tinctlon, ~ucce.~, or ~iuul
~t~ractl~n
Wha~ ha~ Mr. Meyner's (?AC done to
eIl[oree the letter o[ this regu]atloi%? Ap~
palent!y, not a friar deal, ~ince this
regulaLlon I~ also vlOleted with regtl-
]azity,
I wo~]d like to c[t~ as exam~]e+~ some
of the ¢on~n~erel~%ls ;efer[ed ~o in the
re~antly publicized ~nfldentia] "Broad.
cast Cigarett~ Advertising Report." pre-
pared in 19~6 for tile lqa~lonal A~%soaia.
~[or~ of I~roadeaster~,
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dq*ne 18, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE
H 4959
what further In lt.q attompt~ to browbeat ¢omp]et~ ~ntrol of the broadcast con- smoking. However, to
carry, thrOUgh with
the tobaoco Industry. We are also fatue4
foday xvlth an Bv~.n gr~al~" gl~tsp fo~
authority lay the Federal commun~ao
tlons CS0mmls~lon which has proposed
that, a ban be p]ace(~ oi1 all clgaret ¢e ad~
wr tLsing on radio an~ ~ evisior~.
The issue here Is c]ear--shal] Congre~
allow ILs legl~atlve authorl~ to ba
usurped by regulatory agell¢les? I be-
lieve thet, the over~,~l~trdtlg sentir~ellt
today Js to do no more than cat~ Im JustS.
~ec[ buL nQ ]e~ Ll~m i~ to protect the !oxlla.
lie interest to the ~xtent that preselxt
evldenoe r~tllres.
It Is important last C0ng~ ~et
quickly b~¢~*lse the Cigarette Labeling
Act expires 0o JUly |, 1969, and lllXle~s
Congress extends lt~ the Federal Try.de
Commis$Iort, the FeVered Co~uaultlc~t-
tion$ Corr~tl~i0n, al~d other [tg~Ilt21e~
~lay attempt to tak~ action which ~lll far
e~ceed Iogl~ Or Ju~Uficd approache~
The ~o.¢.alle~ evidence ~ubmltted by
the reg ~tl~tory agency in co~u~otion With
their proposes doe~ ~o~ I~dicate that
there Is today any more ~raof of t2~
d~ngers of tight.to snx~king tha~ wa~
available in 1965 when the Clg~-e~te
I~bellng A~t Was passed. Wha~ was don~
theft lt~ o**del- to ~ore~taJ] & (~ng0roo~
gra.~ for a~thorlty would~ the~f0r~,
logically appear to be ~ oattrae of aettor,
today when we ~re faclr, g eve~ greater
thre&ts of Ore¢lpltoll~ a~tto~. Congress
~h0uld not le~d IL~e~f go the destructloia
~t an entire lnduBtr~ ~imply on the ba~Ls
of the whlra~ and fan~l~ Or personal
pi*Judioe~ Anything which is done r~last
be Justified by concrete and Irrefutable
evldetw* ~, hich oeri~ln]y Is *aot available
today,
I axe grea£]y e~nccrn0d about the
ft~dam~nL~l L~ue involved tn the l~ra-
po~ls made by the ]~?t~ and the ~ ea
the acttorm whlvh they propose to take
~.r~ C]e&rly beyond ~.he i~lm Of gUthor~
lty of tth0~2 ag~ncie~ or any otl~r agen-
C~ of the l~L~r~d O~v~iT~m~nt, "i~lor0
l~ • growing te~dencS, On the par~ of
rarely of these reg,~flato~y ag¢~eA~ to
arbitrarily l~¢rems¢ their power $*t~ ex-
tend the ~pe of their oper~tl0r~ t~der
the guise that they a~ a~ing In th~
public Int~re~ f3uch ~tl~n$ are fre-
quel~tly taken without the bent~fR of
pubilc hearing~ ~nd ¢~lxaird~ do ~ot
oan~tl~ute ]¢gialative Drc~(~ure
Z am p~rttoularly ineetmed by the at.
tempts of the ]iac, dcr~l C~ommunlc~tlon$
Co~mlLsslon to Ioan the ~dvertl~ing of
cl~arett¢~ .or~ radio ~d televi~lon. ']?his
prol)O~l I~ c]~rly otlt~lde the Juri~llo.
lao~ which ¢~n~r~ ha~ delegated to ~he
and ~ll my opinion is olfly de~Agned
to inthrddate Congress, ~t is ~ot the pre-
rogative of the ~ to te~e tmprleAotls
a~tic*n go prevent m~llllf0x:~urerg O~
~tg~tttte$ from ¢~dw~lSlng~ a~d cer-
tainly not on the basis of th~ tqnt radio-
tory nledle~l evLdtn~- witlc~ l~ r~ow
available.
This is ~ot ~trtctl~ a liealth issue; lf~
IS a. ¢on~ti~utt0n~l Question, ~nd 01~e
~hic~ Coi~gre~ ea~r~ot alford to ig~0re,
It Is clear th~ if th~ F~ can ~a~
cigarette e.dve~-tlsing, I~ c~n a]$0 claim
the rLght to curtal1 the advertising of
0thor !0ro(~ttc~-artd if this ~t~lff20r]ty
exlst~ t~a do thl~, I~re$0mably It ~LS0
could extend to outright ter*~or~hlp tti~(~
tvnt at radio and television.
Certainly the American people do not
want Or Will rto~ s~and for government
control Of what they ~ce or h~ar on th~
broadcast media. The free~om to ~l~ak
al~o carr[~ with l~ the freedom to ~-
yerLi~c-~tn]~gs there ~ ~me pr~vcra
basis that the product in question Is a
detrLrnent to t]~e ]~eaith and ~ell-I~ing
of the public Obvlotl~ly there h~$ been
much dl$~greemen~ amot~g Government
~gen01e~ on the Information which I~
pr~ntly available on cigar~t~ ~ra~ko
i~g, ~nd It Is abunda~tl~v Obvious that
the FCC Cat,not be considered a~ a ba~l~
for rn~dlcal authority Or, the ~ub~ect.
I ~m af r a,id tha~, there ~re $o~e "~Od ~t y
who. in their zeal to dramatize this ~ub-
Jeer, are i~ fact $~ekln~ to destroy* the
toi)acco in6ustry whLch i~ o1~ of the
older enterprises ~n the ~ew World.
The~ IS a well orga~t~ed campaign to
Und~rmin~ the industry at~d many who
ff/l(Ior~ thl~ $~r~tt~gy ~t£1 ~r¢ In the
forefront of the~¢ t, llort~ ~eem to care
little for fair pl~y ar objectivity Any
obJe~tiv~ ai~aly~s of th~ intor~at[o~
~blch I~ now avallab)¢ ~lll ~ear]y show
that the (~overnment should no~ p~t R-
~elf in the position of persecuting artd
de~roying an entire Industry. This is
diantetrieally Opposed to our System ol
free e~terpr[se an~ I feel confident thg.t
CoIIgress does not want t~ ]el~d itself to
such ~n un~ertaklr~g.
The overall lnlpaeL of the tobacco l~
dt~try in this o~tl~ry l~ confiderS.ale
commoditie~ upon which htmdrads of
thousa~£1$ Of gro~'er~ depelld for mu~h
of their livelihood. About t~ billion
pou~dx of tobacco are prodtlced a~mla[ly
On abottt one million ~cre~ oit over a halt
million farms in the United States. A1-
togethe¢ about 1,~00~000 busL~ox4e~ ~hare
In the tob!~o trade and 111 the Ilsca] ~ear
19(~7-1965 tobacco taxes imposed by Fed~
eral, ~taie, attd Ic.~al gover~lment~
reached an all-time high of $~.2 billion.
On cIg&lett~ ~lO~e, th~ ~e(~ral
amounted to $2,066,159,000; State taxes
to $1,069,674~000 ~ arid rau~lclpal taxe~ to
$61,6~6.000 making a total of $~09~.-
529,000. It l~ gignlflc~nt to l~0te that Gig.
arette ta~ are I~lore than five times as
much as grower6' receip LS for the tobaC¢O
t~ed in dom~ically ~onsumed cigarettes
Z ¢~te these flgu]~s ot~ly to ~how the
total Impact Of the tobacco I~du~ttT but
a.s staled prev]o~Lv, my main c~tc~ru
is In the que~tiol~ of usurpatielt of a~-
thority by Federal agen¢le~ Insofar a6
the Federal Commul~lcatloms Co~lmis.
~or~ ~s ¢oll~rltcd. We T01ght point out
that 81nee the C~ga~,tte Lab~ing Ac~ ol
1965 was adopted, t1~ere ]~a~ b~el~ a gx~w-
~ng ~umber of antisrdoklng adverLis~.
menl~ carried On television ~tation~
throughout th~ ~uutry. Broadeastt~r~
ger~elally have cooper~tod l~ the proper
UUl[~a~[on of the~e coramer¢laIs and the
Jnd~;try ha~ e12dc~.vor Cd to a£eommod~t~
lteeif to the dlverlcent poinLs of view
which h~ve been aired. The fairne~ ~l~-
trin~ requ~re~ broade0stcrs to pI~de a
re~son~ble vpportunity for disell~ion Of
dlv~rgel~ vle,,v~ On eontrovt.r$1al l~12e~
~nd the l~dt~try re~llze~. Of course,
that this op~or tunity will continue to be
~tlllzed by tho~e who oppose cigarette
thv FCC proDos~ of Febrdary 9 would
mean that the tobaCCo industry WOUld be
barred frora e~elglslng IK~ ¢oru~t~th~lon~l
right to advertise and in addition th~
implementation ol this order ~o~ld ~et ~p
i~ ~haiu r t~a~tlOl~ t~ntl~ ~,hlch ~ltlzil~ i- a¢~
tlon might be applied to other products¸
It Is Obvio~ that If the ~C can l~vok~
It~ ban On ~*dwrtlslng~ It is logi~ t~
a~me that such things ~S patent rncdio
clne~, vitamins, ln~e~tt¢ide~, a~coho~l¢
bever~gt.~, artificSal ~w~¢tcrv~y~, m~r~y
c~smetL~ a~[ food~ containing ~ol~8-
terol, fluot lde~ e~ ~ might al~o be deer~ed
harmful to th~ body~ The v~lnerabll]ty Of
the product would be detornfln~d on
whether or riot It is ~ubJevt to contro-
versy ~r~d, Of coul'*se, ~p_y of th~ a.~v~-
]tamed could be subJec~ to criticism for
~om~ Fource
I strongly ~rge that the Congregs
lnake OlUnistakt~,bIy cl~ar ~ intention
~vith respect to the t~'Pe teg~lation which
t]~A~e ~ge]lc]e~ are pro0osing ~*~ ~ ~rfl
afraid that If this is no~ do~e we may
~cor~ fi~d that fttr ther legl~laUve author-
ity will be usurped by the ~o-~alled com-
missions¸ T~day It is eigarette~ tomoi--
row Jt raight ~el] b~ some oth~ product
aud foll~x~ing thts pro~edtlre lo its logi-
cal ~onc]us[o~, eY~ntu~lly [~]nlost ev~ry-
thing which is advertised Could be crlti-
cIz~d o~ n~ade ~ontroverslal~ We ~annot
afford to defa~t oll this L~ue a~d Icav~
the de¢lsionmaki~g !aroce~ss to the FCC,
the ]~TC or a~y other C~vernra¢~n t ~g~n.
Cy or to the cour t~. It i~ clca¢ly the Ore-
rogative of Congre~ to act and Congress
~ho~ld exercise thl~ prerogati.¢e arid ~x-
tend the cigarette* Labeling Act of 1965
~s l~ proposed by the bll~ IlOW before us.
[Mr. ALBF~RT a~ked arid was 81yen
peFr[tl~.~ton to revise ~r~d Cxtelld his r~-
marks¸)
Mr. FARP~qTEII~ Mr Chalrman~ I
move to ~trike the requisite nur~'o~r Of
Mr Ch~lrm~n~ the v~-lotl$ &llt~do
rne~ts which have been offered, aud the
dl~;e~lgston Of th~r(I, h~t~ b~¢n vCFy ~a]tlo
tary Th~ |~et that they were ~.ll deo
~eatCd dl~g~lst~ me~ a~d I feel ¢ollo
strained to vote against this bill
(Ml~, FAR~TEIN askcd ~tnd Was given
permission to ~vi$~ a~d ~nd hLs yeo
~r F~r~(~WN of O~lo Mr Chairman,
I ~uov~ ~ ~:~rlke the ret~ul~lte ~lmbcr
Of word~.
T~e cJg~]eit~ adve]ti~izlg is.~ue 13 an
I1]usti~tion of the lact that nothing IS
t~r $iml)Ie ~nd c]eare~ lu Federal leg~
Isl~tto~ At ~take are b]ilion~ of dollar~
Ill a ~lUl~b0r of ]~lajar industries In th~¸
¢0~ntlT~ a possibility Of controlling to
~ii1¢ extent $~velal deil~ly ]lehigh al~le-
tions and o~1¢ ~f the basic tools of our
free e~terprise ~ystem, the right to ad-
v~ltise, w]dch ~row~ from the I)rst
amendmenL Each of these basic intore$~
~*rves to co~fllct/~lth the other In the
p~oblcm
To reach ~ d0¢isloi~ Lr~ this l~le 011~
mu~t ull~er~tand complex medical terra$,
th~ teehniealitJes of law, *~he ~ub0etie~
Of ~era.a~ltic~ and the worth ol statl~ic~
~ proving a.~mpt tons.
It i~ the f or th~orning expiration of th~
Clgar~t ~ Lal~ling AOt of 19~5 which ha~
p~mpt~d re~Wed ¢~o ugr ~s.¢lon~] ¢ol~e~rn
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lllpIII
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• ~-~ ~;, ~.~ .~
June 18, 1969
CONGR~SIONAL 1LECORD- HOUSE H 49&~
I ~ a ~p0~2~l" of H~,, 521| which
was introduced on January 29. In e~-
~n~% th~ bill ~ five ~or pro~
o~ to pl~ the ~er:
First, a warning t~ be included on
all ~s r~a~dng:
~arolng: Clgarett~ amo~n~ ~ dao~er~
t~ h~tb and may ~u~e death 1tom ~aur~r
~txd o~her dl~6.
6eo~nd, all advertisements of eiga-
r~ttes to h~ude an Identioa] wanltng;
Third, all advert[~ment~ to include
EL st&t~men$ ]~st~ the ~,ve~'~ge t~r ~d
vJ~ o~ntent8 of ~ cigarette;
Fourth, it In•de It unlawf11] to manu.
f~rv cigarettes that ~xcoed a mayA.
~U~V. ]eighth pre~cribed by the ~¢ret ary
of Health, Education, and Welfare; and
Fifth, it repealed section 10 o~ the Fed-
oral Cigarette Labeling and Advertising
Act, the~by eliminating the p~nptlon
and perrr~tttng I~¢ Fede~l Commul~ca.
tlol~ Commlaslon ~d ~ Federal Tr~e
Ccmmis~on to regulate adverting.
UD~or~lffmtely, th~ prov!,sioru~ were
not adopted h~ eonunlt tee. Instead, a cap~
]tulati0n ~ the tobao¢o In d~,4~r ~ ~,r~ ~*
ported to the ~oor o~ the Houav.
A number of ~endment~ are p; Opted
In an attempt to strer~en the health
protecMon provl~on~ of HR. 654~,
Th~ gent]ema~ ~rom Mich~ga~ (Mr.
the Federal Coramuicat~or~ Coraml~l~n
to prohibit the br~adcast~lg of ¢~ar~
advsrL~sh~ which would be most ~kely to
haw ~ lmpac~ IlpOn indJvid~lals ~J~d~r
18.
The gentleman from Rhode Ia~and
(MY+ T~NAN) ]]as an aInendr~n~ to
~horten the preemp~10n period.
Tbe~e L~d other ~la¢*~dmeI]~ a/~
worthy of support.
The Dep~rtment of Heblth, Education,
~nd Welfare, the Federal Communlca-
tlal~ CommJ~loD, the Federal Trade
Col~ml~Mon, and every major ~edlcal
asso~atk~t in the U~tod ~te~ have
Saeir Don *~ok~r~ ~u~torp~ 1~ ~e pO~
ul~tl~n, ~iS m~ thai e~garett~ s~ol~ers
tend to die ~t ~arllOr ~ ~4ad experiene~
more da~r~ Of al~blltty th~ c~n~ble
non- am~ke~e.
2 A ~u~m~tta~ l~Wl~a ~f earlier d~ths
bnd exc~ d~*bill~ would uot have o¢.
currc~ If t~s~ aflee~d had ~ver ~r~e&
3, If It were ~o~ f~r clgare~ ~nl~klnS,
pr~tical[y none c~ t~ ~rller d~aths from
ung c~er wc~Jd b#ve ~rr ~d~ nor ~ ~ub*
~tant~al portion ol the ~liet ~atb~ fro~
ehrontc br~bopulroo~ary dts~s (oomo
mon]y dSag~o~d ~ chro~ bronchitis 0~
pulmu~ry vmphy~ema ~r both); nor • p~-
tton of the e~rller ~tl~ of o~dlova~ula~
origin, ~¢~ dlsabl~y from ch;o~t0 pu]=
monar~ ~nd ~rdi~a~r dlse~ ~Ould
4. Ces~atioa or appr~able r~d~ctio~ of
~antial p~rtloB ~f d~%~ ~h[ch ~ue from
l~ng ¢~n~, a ~b~ta~tia~ poetic• Of ~he
earlier deaths aUd exee~ d~&bfli%y from
ChrOnic brOaCh~putm~rF dl~ea~e~, ~d •
pot t~on ~I the oaf]let ~1~ au~ ex~e~ die.
~bility r~ ~ardlova~ular mdgin, {~ffa~ Hea~th
Cg~eque~c~s of ~mokJng, A l~bll0 Health
8err[c0 RevJew, 1907~ FUbU~ ~e~Jth Ser~J~e
Pub]lear[on No 1~9~, pp $-4 (R~vl~*~ J•~.
uary. 19B8).
The sl~Jnsors of this bill claim that it
will requlre cigarette ~a~ufacturers to
include adequate warning o~ t~e dan-
ger~ of ~trn0ktng. Th~ c]atrn IS a farce.
The most egcctlve waF to ~rotect youth
from the hazards of smoking is ~ reach
them before their d Ocl~. to ~oke has
been made, before the package of ciga-
rot tes Is ever pur~ha~d. Cl~:arette adver-
tising obviously play~: an Impor~aut roie
in this decision,
The world o~ cigarette muoker~ has
been depicted as an Idyllic world ol
handSOme men and Io~ely young wo-
men ~h0 walk hand ~ baud through
6C~rde me.down. TO "~b ]mpr$~ioi~able
youth of Ar~erlca, such a~vert~erd~
~oer~ to p~c~n~* %he e~g~ret~ smoker ~t
]Ire Of s~lal ~1] CCe~, 'rh~ t J~lle h~ ¢~
t~ advertise th@ da~tgers of ~m0kl~g
y~rs, the Congre~ lr~ effwt would pr0-
hlblt the Federal C~lnlunl~atiol~s Co,n.
r~ls.~on from rern0vl~g ~ar0tfe adver=
tising from t~lavislon and rsdlo Which
the Federa] C0rnmunica~ions C~ls.
stan proposed to do upon the explra~on
of the preemption. On Febr0ary 5, 1909,
the Federal Comm~r6~ati0~ Commt~
slon issued a ~lotiee proposing a ~l~
• ~hleh would ban broade.a~t |icensee$
from pr~nf~ng ¢~arette ~dver rising.
Although t~ae bill strer~then~ the ]an-
E~age of the warning on the pec~age to
rea4h
Warning: The Surgeon Oeneral ha~ de.
terw/~ed tha~ ¢lg~rett e a~o~L~g I~ dangerol~
Io your hea~th and m~y ~U~ ~ or o~:
dtse~se~,
rea]Istleally or not st sll. Called ~'or a strong bl]~
that wl]l ade-
'P~e prep_n% law provides that no state-
me~t relating to snlok/ng ~. health, other q~ately inform the public of the dangers
of clgarette smoking.
Cengreas must no~
than the warnblg set f~h in the act place econmlc and poUtioal consider•=
~ha I be r~ulre~ on any ¢~a~tte p~k= tlorm •'cove the health of o~/r Ci~IzeI~s
age a~d fur~rr~ore that ~o ~ta(~r~e~It Mr. FARB~TEIN. Mr. C~irman. the
rel~ting to amoking and health shall be bill we bare before us, H.R 6543, ~hould
~he~e ulp ~r~ck al ~ etsh eo f~ ~W~l~ ~is ~g ~ab~g~r et 4tot ~ ~ionrry ~ a~a~ th oSCar ]r~ ~ ~ ~f l~
O~h,r ~ act~'u-
. ~
s to
the statutory wari~l~. That preemption r~edioa] p~ctlov In this
coo~tr~, to the
e~plre.s or~ Ju]y 1, 1~69 HR. 6543 wo~dd programs of ol~r nxedica] and heaJth
extend th~ preemption tx~ Jt~y l, 197~, agenoi~, and to the health of our
By ex~endhlg the p~ptlor, for 6 people.,,
T~ |S the way the Surg~n General
of the United States charac~el~zed te~t~.
rnc~y in s~pp0rt of this bill.
This bill is bad legisla0on,
~t is bad because it flle~ in the face of
teatimony from ~ll r~aJor health orga,~-
zatio~s and the Department of Hea]th,
Education, and Welfare that CoDgre~
should auth0rl~e the Fed er .~J Trade Com.
r~L~lo~ and the Federal Com~urdcao
Mor~ C~r~mI~ion I~ refill•to cigarette
adverti~Lng, partleu)arly as such •dyer.
tLsing ~ppeals to youth,
It is bad because It flies in the face of
the fact that since 1984. when the Sur-
geon (3o~er a[ declared ~moklng a health
h~zard, cigaretl~ ~vcr~g h~ r~en
50 percent to $~00 million per year and
Th~s amended Warring Is i~zu~olent to the warning on the package ha~
eatlsed
~lert the p~bl~¢ to th~ potential conse- no appreclab2c d~lh~e In
overall con-
q11ence$ O~ ¢~g~',t~ ~rfl 0kln~, $11r~pt]on or nu~bel's of new
.~raoker~,
It k bad be~tu~ it ~e~ In t~e face of
the Inabfllty of the brc~a~Rn~ lnd~.
try to re~late Itself and It~ ~ra,~l~u
dO~Um~ta~on L~c&~ng tttts ~-
abilit~
It is bad ~se it faik to require
that tar and r.leotine conten~ appeer
c~ ~tCh package of clgarett~s.
I intend to vote agaln~t this bill be.
¢~us~ I b~i[ eve Che t~e has ~ for our
sc~let y to pla~ the health of the pubic
first in the c~r~Ideraflon of priorities;
and that thls ~ exactly what ~ le~-
lat~on would not do, AS a publlc r~r~a~t,
I b~Jlevc It is my duty to protect the
l~Ibl~¢ ~rota any h~d th haZ4~rds that may
exist, or at the very least to ~,ar~ t~e~
of s~eh hazards.
Cigarette ~rn~In~ i~ ~day one of the
major eontrlbutor~ to d~th and disease
In t~ks ~unt~. In my ow~ N~W ~rk
State alone, at lee~t 16,000 die needlessly
eaoh y~r. Seven Out Of ever~ |0 ~f thee
deaths wero ar~oIlg ~IT~o~s 35 to 65 y ea~n~
e~e. There can l~ ~o ~JstakJng that
the ~ l~twcen ~a~cer, healt dlse~se.
emphysema, et cetera, and ~rnoklng Js
~no~ ~'~an casual Dr. C~c~r Auerbach,
~nlor Medical Investigator ~t East Or-
ange Veterans' Adminlstrati~n Hospltal
h~s stated that "Cigaretl/~ smoking is
the ~ dc%,~st~t~ng thing that can
happen to the hum~ body." I|e ~0~Jd-
ors it Ill the ~e CI~ as arr~.~ie. ]Dr.
Auerb~ has beer~ Invest~ga~ng ~he re.
f~r mot0 tba~ ]~ y~rs. ]~ there arc
those who dlsrdgrce with ]~[~ ome]us~o~,
Z need only point to the approxLrnately
100,000 phy~4~Jar~ in this country who
have sb~ppcd smoki~z slnc~ the first re-
port of the Surgeon ~el~eral ~s Jasued
in 19~4.
While .~er]eaa ]ngerlulty ~r~i r~.le~-
mansb~p have the reputation of being
able to sell anything, it sh~d ~ot be
left totally fyee to sell III health and
death to the ~nerlcan people, I do not
belleve society should be left unp~tecled
on tbls quest Jon.
I intent to ¢~t my vote against this
b~ll,
Mr. ADAM~. Mr. Chairman, I move to
~trike the requlsite number of words.
I rise to inform the Hous~ that I arR
informed the rnot~o~ to re~mrrdt this
matter will be a stralght motion to re-
eornmi~ to the eomrnlt~ee. In light of
v/hat h~ ]~ap~ r~cd this aft~r~oo~ o11 o~r
atternpt~ to D~r fc~t thls bJl] ~qth amend-
ments, l)ccam~e every !~rfcetlng amend-
mcnt h~ bt~n defe~d a~d every ~t-
tempt we have made to try to Ir~prove
this ]egls]ation or to make ~t a b~ll we
coUld vote h~ be~n thwar~d, and I will,
therefore, urge my collc~ues to vot~ for
the motion to r~ommSt, I ho~ the HO~
~dl] support thls poslt]on.
~Tne Hotlse w}[l say, If it dc~s support
the motion to recommit that it is not
s~tlsfled with t~d~ b~ and that the com-
1~Ittc~ ~ho~]d take it b~ck and the com-
r~ttc~ sh~Id corr~t the bill and make
the bill sotne~hh~g the Amer]oan publio
can support. It ~qll be a bl~l to acc~mo
pl~sh the things that ~oU]d be accom.
pllsh ed by this House today.
So I am hcpeftl] the mot]on to reck=
rnlt, whJeh, as I t~Ider~t~d it, ~ill be a
~traight motion to r~rn mlt to the e~u~.
nlltt~, Wfl) be agreed to. ] Rrge my ~I-
] e~tgu~s to support it.
]l 4964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE
The CHAIRMAN. Under the r~le. the GUYOT M¢¢Iur* R0d*tl0
8txlilvafi
fJotomit~e rls~.
ACOOrOlngly the Committee rose; and.
the Speaker haVh~g resumed the 6a~.
Mr, BaO0~, Chairman el' the Commit-
tee Of the V~tolo ~to~ On the State of
ghe Uu~l~, ~rte0. th~ %h~h Comttdt~
ice avh18 had "o~der constderation the
btll (itl~. 6543) to extend public health
p~0teetion with resl~ot to cigarette ~m0k-
lttg al3d for off,or l)Ur~3ses, p~nan~ ~to
14ouse Re~lutlon 457, he re~rtod the
bill back to the HOtL~ with sundry
~:oer~ttL~ ~opt~ by ~he Committee
o;[ the Whole.
SPEAKER. Under the ~uIe, the
prevlou~ question Is ordered,
ls a t~p~rate vote d~mtm~ on e~y
sme~ament? If not, the Chair will pat
ghent ell gro~.
The amenflrnent~ were agr~d to.
Th$ SpEAKEFt. The questloB L~ On the
enRro~t~et~ and th~t~ ~ading Of the
bill
The ~Ii w~ ovdem~ ¢~ be er, gro~e~
and read a third ti~TI e, ~lnd %'~.~ ~ ~he
third time.
Air. BROTZMAN. ~ffr. S!~ake r, I offer
• motion to recommit;.
~/h0 ~pE~ER. ]L~ the gen~em~t Op-
po~ed to the bill?
Mr. BRO~ZMAN. I am, In IM pr eaent
form Mr, S~eaker.
The SPEAKEr. The C erk Wl 1 report
the mo~lon to reconttixlt.
The Clerk ~d i~ ~ollowe:
Mr. B~ra~ ~X~V~ ~o recon~ml t the b~11
l~R 0543 to the CO~nl~Jttos ~*~ L~t~r6tat~
~nd Foreign Co~e~.
M~. ~Tt~C~EP~. Mr. S~ea~ter, X me~ve
the pre~i~us question on the ~not~oti th
recorr~nit.
The prevlou~ question was 0rder~d,
The SpBAKER. The que~tio~ is on the
Irxoti0fl tO resoy~ml~.
The q~ettlol~ was (&ke~; and the
~eaker ant~ounce~t t~le, t the n~ ap-
Feared to have ~t.
Mr ADAMS, Mr, ~peaker, I obJee¢ to
the vote on the gr0~nd that EL quoru~l l~
tier pr e~ent and Inake ~he polI~ ot order
that a quoI~Jm is not present.
The 8PEAI~R. Evidently a quorum Is
not ~r~ent.
The Doorkeeper wilt eio~e the doors,
the Sergeal~ ~t Arms will t~o~lfy ab~nt
Melnber~, and the Clerk will c~ll the roll
"l~he ~ttettjolI *A.~.8 g~F*; ~lld ~hero
Wer~ >'eas ~3~, ne.V~ 25~ ~tnsweled
'~lorete~t" 3, I~0L Vo~inff 40. gt~ follows:
YEA~--I87
#d~nm Clau~ ~dwards A~#.
~ndet~.I~o~ It EdW~rd~, ~]
~der~o~t. ~] Clay E~h
~¢IL CMII O~htlafi ]~vt n~. ¢~]a.
lce~ ~t Con~bte Farbstela
Bles~er Conte Fa~elt
~latmk CoHnan F~dley
~urton~ 0allL l~lggs Olbbo~
l~uttol~ Dlagel] Gflt~rt
CeHer DwTer Oree~. p&
~hl~ho]m E¢~rdt Grover
~I~J rn },~c~ RO~hM
zla~'lou*ld.
H~-I~ M~den St. O~ge
He]~k~ M0ylle ~hWel~g~t
Ill,ks Meeds 8hl ley
ll~an
~]lfl~la Mikva 8~]leS
ll~er Ml~k ST~ln~0t,
Ja~l~ Mo~e~ ~ern~
~meler N~ Ud*UI
Kelth Obey Van ~rlln
yr~ PeHy W~ldle
La~ll~ Pep~r Welckor
Legge*~tpe~ls 'i~len
Lloya plge ~rllJ~
MeC~r~2~y Re~ W~'dler
M~CIol~ Retd N.Y. W~.a
Abbit$ ~,~leman M~.~hl~
Ju~e 18~ 1969
Ta~ ,~ Wagon Oa~r~¢m H,
~ b~'~e, Call f, Watts V~Uan
Te~4~e, T¢ Z, W~l]ey Wrigl~t
~ Ca* ~hlt e'aunp. ~,~
*l~omson, WIS. Whl~te~ Wylie
IJltma~ Wldt~aD Tat~o~
U¢¢ W~ la~ younf
~ I~BR~I) ~pR~NT'~
Brtdema~ ~[~b~rt Ra~l~/o~¢k
~1~ I~ ~c0rhead ~wacla
So the motion to recommit wa~ re-
Jetted.
The Clerk aimounced the foHowing
p~lrs:
On this v0t~:
Mr Old,get for* with I~r. H~b~r ~ agait~t.
Mr 1~ol*~. for, ~dth Mr. R0b~r t~ against
Mr. OaUagher ~or. ~.*lth Mr. AleXande~
sgMn~t
Mr. Jarman for, with Mr KIr~.at~ against.
Mr Sprluger aga~ ~l~t.
Mr. Kw~h for, with ~r ~ffa~lia against
~ntll ftlrther BotJce:
I~G. Fdward~ Of Loal~[~** w[t~ Mr. AMa.
brook
Mr. Ol~ett with Mr Ra~ I~baek.
~r. Wolff wl~h i~r. pollc0k
~tr. l~uczyn~kl with Mr. Cromer.
Mr Cl~rey ~[th ~ M~DHara
Mr. At~fl©r~on Of Tenr*~see wita M~.
Denney
Mr. Brad ~m~a with Mr. Ba~
Mr. Miller of ~Hfornitt ~.lth Mr. Hat~er~
of Idaho.
Mr. Mo~ g~*~ ~lth Mr. ~ur~on of utah.
Mr. D~t~kl with Mr. POWeH
Mr. ReU~ ~.[ *..h Mr. Step~ orm.
Mr. Olatmo wi~h Mr ~lus of "l'en~e~e.
l~ffr NedZl Wltll Mr. Claret.
Mr. M0~I]leM ~Jtlx Mr O'FI~ra.
Mr. MC~'ULLOCH changed his vo~e
frord "fi [ty" to "yeA."
Mr, SCO'I'I' fhanged his vote from
"y £e.*' to .~rtay.-
The r~¢utt of the vote w~s announced
as above recorded.
The door~ were opea~t,
~t~e SPEAKER The question ~* oil
the pa~age ~f tim bill
The bill was passed.
A motion ~ reconsider was laid on
the table.
