Philip Morris
H.R. 5041 A Bill to Prescribe Labels for Packages and Advertising for Tobacco Products, to Restrict the Advertising of Tobacco Products, and for Other Purposes.
Fields
- Author
- Andrews
- Atkins
- Bates
- Boxer
- Chandler
- Collins
- Conyers
- Crockett
- Durbin
- Evans
- Levine
- Luken, T.A.
- Markey
- Mcdermott
- Nielson
- Scheuer
- Schneider
- Sikorski
- Stark
- Synar
- Visclosky
- Waxman
- Whittaker
- Wyden
- Atkins
- Area
- HAN,VICTOR/OFFICE
- Document File
- 2023914805/2023915131a/Briefing Book H.R. 5041 Waxman Hearing 900712
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- REGU, REGULATION
- Litigation
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- Site
- N332
- Master ID
- 2023914806/5052
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- 2023915048-5052 Legal Backgrounder
- Named Organization
- Comm on Energy + Commerce
- Dept of Education
- Dept of Labor
- Federal Communications Commission
- Ftc, Federal Trade Commission
- Health Resources + Services Administrati
- Hhs, Dept of Health and Human Services
- Interagency Comm on Tobacco + Health
- Natl Heart Lung + Blood Inst
- Natl Inst of Child Health + Human Develo
- Natl Inst on Drug Abuse
- NCI, Natl Cancer Inst
- Public Health Service
- US Congress
- US House
- US Senate
- Center on Tobacco + Health
- Centers for Disease Control
- Dept of Education
- Request
- Stmn/R1-037
- Author (Organization)
- US Congress
- US House
- Date Loaded
- 05 Jun 1998
- UCSF Legacy ID
- ffp98e00
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1 (1) No human or -cartoon figure or facsimile there-
2 of, no tobacco product trademark logo or symbol, and
3 no picture, other than the picture of a single package
4 of the tobacco product being advertised which meets
5 the requirements of subsection (c) displayed against a
6 neutral white background,- shall be used in or as part of
7 any tobacco product advertisement.
8 (2) The print in any tobacco product advertise-
9 ment, including the print on any tobacco product pack-
10 age in any tobacco product advertisement, shall be
11 black on a white background.
12 (3) No tobacco product advertisement shall be lo-
13 cated-
14 (A) in or on a sports stadium or other sports
15 facility or any other facility where sporting activi-
16 ty is regularly performed,
17 (B) on cars, boats, or other sporting equip-
18 ment used in or associated with any sporting
19 event, or
20 (C) within 1,000 feet of any school which
21 students under the age of 21 years of age regular-
22 ly attend.
23 (b) P$on2oTloN.-It shall be unlawful within the
24 United States for the manufacturer, packager, or distributor
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1 (1) to distribute or cause to be distributed any to-
2 bacco product as a free sample or to make any tobacco
3 product available at no or reduced cost through the use
4 of coupons or other promotional method,
5 (2) to sponsor or cause to be sponsored any ath-
6 letio, music, artistic, or other event in the name of a
7 tobacco product trademark or in a manner so that a to--
.8 bacco product trademark is publicly identified as a
9 sponsor of, or in any way associated with, such an
10 event,
11 (3) to market or cause to be marketed nontobacco
12 products (including toys) or services which bears the
13. name of a tobacco product trademark,
14 (4) to pay or cause to be paid to have any tobacco
15 product or any tobacco product trademark appear in
16 any movie, music video, television show, play, video
17 arcade game, or other form of entertainment, or
18 (5) to pay or cause to be paid to have any tobacco
19 product trademark appear on any vehicle, boat, or
20 other equipment used in sports.
21 (c) TOBACCO PRODUCT PACSaaES.-It shall be unlaw-
22 ful for any person to manufacture, package, or distribute for
23 sale within the United States any tobacco product if the
24 package of the product (or any packaging of such package)
25 contains a picture or human figure or facsimile thereof or
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1 cartoon figure unless the picture, figure, facsimile, or cartoon
2 figure appeared on such tobacco product package for a period
3 of 5 consecutive years before January 1, 1989.
4 (d) AtTDIO TAPE, AUDIO Discs, VIDEOTAPE, Arm
5 Fmx-It shall be unlawful to advertise any tobacco product
6 on any audio tape, audio disc, videotape, video arcade game,
7 or fi1m.
8 (e) CoNsTRvcTioN.-Subsections (a) and (b) of this sec-
9 tion apply to advertising, promotion, and packaging of non-
10 tobacco products or services which (1) are manufactured or
11 marketed by a corporation which manufactures or distributes
12 tobacco products, including related companies or licensees of
13 such corporation, or any person acting with the concurrence
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or acquiesence of such a corporation, and (2) bear the trade-
mark of a tobacco product manufactured or sold by such cor-
poration. For purposes of this subsection, the term "related
company" means any person whose use of a trademark is
controlled by the owner of the trademark with respect to the
nature and quality of the goods or services on or in connec-
tion with which the trademark is used.
SEC. 7. REGULATION OF TOBACCO CONSTITUENTS AND IN-
GREDIENTS
(a) Ix GErtERAL.-
(1) No tobacco advertisement or tobacco product
package label shall contain any representation with re-
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1 spect to health or safety, including representations con-
2 cerning, the level 'of or removal; reduction, or addition
8 of ingredients, tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, or filters
4 or any other mechanism or device.
5 (2) A tobacco advertisement may contain a repre-
6 sentation described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary
7 has determined by regulation that such representation
8 is significant in terms of affecting health and safety and
9 is based upon significant scientific agreement.
10 (b) Pso$MTIox.-
11 (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to manu-
12 facture, package, or distribute for sale within the
13 United States, any tobacco product unless-
14 (A) such person has provided the Secretary,
15 within the last 12 months, with-
16 Ci) a complete list of all brands of such
17 tobacco products,
18 Cn') in the case of tobacco products other
19 than smokeless tobacco, the results of tests,
20 approved by the Secretary, establishing the
21 tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other to-
22 bacco smoke constituent (as determined by
23 the Secretary) levels for each brand, and
24 (iii) in the case of smokeless tobacco,
25 the results of tests, approved by the Secre-

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1 tary, establishing the levels of nicotine and
2 other constituents (as determined by the Sec-
3 retary), and
4 (B) the label on the package of the tobacco
5 product states the ingredients of the product in
6 descending order of prominence.
7 The Secretary may _ include a constituent under sub-
8 paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that it is ap-
9 propriate to inform the public of the health haaards of
10 such constituent.
11 (2) The Secretary shall make public the lists and
12 test results provided under paragraph (1).
13 (c) INaa,EDmNTs.-If the Secretary determines that
14 any ingredient other than tobacco in a tobacco product, either
15 by itself or in conjunction with any other such ingredient, is
16 unsafe or-presents increased risks to health to the consumer
17 or general public, the Secretary may require that the levels
18 of such ingredient in the tobacco product be reduced or that
19 such ingredient be eliminated entirely.
20 SEC. 8. PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
21 The Secretary may by regulation require that the manu-
22 facturer, packager, or distributor of tobacco products provide
23 consumers of tobacco with additional information, by way of
24 additional labeling of packages, inserts, or other means,.about
25 the adverse effects of tobacco products. Such additional
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1 warnings may include directions for use and statements of
.2 contraindications.
3 SEC. 8. SALE TO AWORS.
4 Section 1916 of the Public Health Service Act (42
5 U.S.C. 300x-4) is amended by adding at the emd the follow-
6 ing:
7 "(h)(1) No State shall be eligible to receive an allotment
8 under this subpart unless the Secretary has determined that
9 the State has in effect a law-
10 "(A) which makes it unlawful to sell or cause to
11 be sold any tobacco product to any person under the
12 age of 19,
13 "(B) which makes it unlawful to sell or cause to
14 be sold any tobacco product in a place which is not li-
1b censed by the State to make such a sale,
16 "(C) which makes it unlawful to sell or cause to
17 be sold any tobacco product in any place in which a
18 person under the age of 19 may lawfully enter unac-
19 companied by a parent or guardian unless-
20 "0) the product is sold as an over-the-
21 counter product, and by the legal owner or propri- N
22 etor (or by a designated employee of the owner or ~
23 proprietor) of the establishment in which the prod- ~
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1 "(iu') the legal owner or proprietor of the es-
2 tablishment in which the product is sold has
3 posted in a conspicuous location in the establish-
4 ment a sign provided by the State which states
5 'The Sale of Tobacco Products to Persons under
6 19 is Strictly Prohibited by State Law, Photo ID
7 Required',
8 "(D) which includes civil penalties and license
9 suspension and revocation, and
10 "(E) which designates a State agency for the issu-11 ance of licenses for the sale of tobacco
products and for
12 the enforcement of such law.
13 "(2) A State which receives an allotment under this sub-
14 part after paragraph (1) takes effect shall report annually to
15 the Secretary on the enforcement in the State of the law
16 referred to in that paragraph.
17 "(3) The Secretary may suspend the payment of an al-
18 lotment under this subpart to a State if the Secretary deter-
19 mines, after affording the State an opportunity for a hearing,
20 that the State is not adequately enforcing the law referred to
21 in pasagraph (1).".
22 sEC: iu. CONFECTIONARY.
23 Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
24 Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the
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1 "(q) If it is a confectionary or chewing gum and it is
2 sold in a form which resembles cigarettes or other tobacco
3 products.".
4 SEC.11. ENFORCEMENT.
5 (a) IN GwaaaL.--
6 (1) The Secretary may issue such regulations as
7 may be appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
.8 (2) In carrying out the Secretary's duties under
9 this Act, the Secretary shall, as appropriate, consult
10 wiLh' such experts as may have appropriate training
11 and experience in the matters subject to such duties.
12 (3) The Secretary shall monitor compliance with
13 the requirements of this Act.
14 (4) The Secretary shall recommend to the Attor.
15 ney General such enforcement actions as may be ap-
16 propriate.
17 (b) IrwvrTCTiox.-
18 (1) The district courts of the United States shall
19 have jurisdiction over civil actions brought to restrain
20 violations of section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Such a
21 civil action may be brought in the United States dis-
22 trict court for the judicial district in which any substan-
23 tial portion of the violation occurred or in which the
24 defendant is found or transacts business. In such a civil
25 action, process may be served on a defendant in any
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1 judicial district in which the defendant resides or may
2 be found and subpoenas requiring attendance of wit-
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nesses in any such action may be served in any judicial
district.
(2) Any interested organization may bring a civil
6 action descrn`bed in paragraph (1). If such an organiza-
7 tion substantially prevails in such an action, the court
8 may award it reasonable attorney's fees and ezpenses.'
9 For purposes of this paragraph, the term "interested
10 organization" means any nonprofit organization one of
11 whose purposes, and a substantial part of its activities,
12 include the reduction in the use of tobacco products.
13 (c) Cw1z. PrxALTY.-Any person who manufactures,
14 ' packages, distributes, or advertises a tobacco product in vio-
15 . lation of section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 shall be subject to a civil
16 penalty of not more than $100,000 for each violation per
17 day.
18 SEC. 12. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
19 HUMAN SERVICES.
20 (a) Irr GExEaAL.-The Secretary may-
21 (1) conduct and support research on the effects of
22 tobacco products on human health (including the effects
23 of passive smoking) and develop materials for informing
24 the public of such effects,
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1 (2) develop and implement strategies for reducing
2 the consumption of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and
8 other tobacco products,
4 (8) coordinate, through the Center on Tobacco
5 and Health, all research, educatibnal programs, and
6 other activities within the Department of Health and
7 Human Services which relate to the effects of the use
8 of tobacco products on human health and coordinate,
9 through the Interagency Committee on Tobacco and
10 Health, such activities with similar activities of other
11 Federal agencies and of private agencies, and
12 (4) establish and maintain a liaison with appropri- '
13 ate private entities, other Federal agencies, and State
14 and local public agencies respecting activities relating
15 to the effects of the use of tobacco products on human
16 health and initiatives to discourage the use of tobacco
17 products.
18 (b) CENTEB ON TOBACCO AND HEALTH.-
19 (1) The Secretary shall establish within the Fublic
20 Health Service a Center on Tobacco and Health. The
21 Center shall be headed by a Director appointed by the ~
22 Secretary from persons who have appropriate training ~
23 and experience.
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