Tobacco Products Liability Project
Re: Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Legislation
Abstract
By 1983, the anti-smoking lobby in Congress was unwilling to compromise with the Hatch/Packwood and Hatch bills on the floor. Eight issues relationg to cause, attribution, the format of warnings, addiction warning, tar, nicotine and CO disclosures, ingredients disclosure, the jurisdiction of the FTC, and preemption were identified as representing the greatest threats to the industry in the pending legislative proposals and lobbyists were instructed to attempt to maintain the status quo by coordinating efforts with legislative friends, particularly Senator Ford. No coordination occured and legislative friends were surprised. However, the bill adopted eliminates and modifies some of the threats paricularly those relating to cause, attribution, format of warning, addiction warning and tar, nicotine and CO disclosures.
User-Contributed Notes
- Health Warning Regulation Advertising Restriction Legislation Anti-smoking Advocacy Smoking and Health Congress Addiction
Fields
- Named Person
- Ford, Wendell Senator (U.S. Senator, D-KY 1994)Ford was a United States Senator in 1994 (D-KY). As of 1994, Democratic whip; tobacco ally (US News 4/48/94).
- Hatch, Peter (Section Manager, Trade Marketing, New York, NY)1998
- Brandt, Edward N, Jr., M.D. (Asst. Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health)
- Waxman, Henry A. (U.S. Representative)(D-CA) Was chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in 1994.
- Packwood (Senator)
- Indexer Comment
- First 3 pages of document http://tobaccodocuments.org/tplp/516010890-0897.html.
- Named Organization
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W)Subsidiary of BAT U.S., located in Louisville, KY.
- *Health and Human Services (HHS) (use United States Department of Health and Hum (US)
- Federal Trade Commission (Enforcement agency for laws against deceptive advertising)Enforces laws against false and deceptive advertising, including ads for tobacco products. Ensures proper display of health warnings in ads and on tobacco products;collects and reports to Congress information concerning cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising, sales expenditures, and the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide content of cigarettes.
- Recipient
- Hughes, Ivor Wallace, Dr. (CEO Brown & Williamson, TI Executive Committee)Ivor Wallace Hughes was The Chief Executive Officer of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company in 1983, also served on the Tobacco Institute Executive Committee in 1983 and was CTR Director 1/28/83.
- Author
- Pepples, Ernest, J.D. (BW General Counsel and Sr. VP)
- Date Loaded
- 08 Jan 2003
- Type
- Memorandum
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as toe .axman o%1~, .ould nave ~equi~e~ a -~:ning on
adOic~ion.
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"~a~', nicotine and ca~oan monoxide information [o oe
~lsclosed on ciga:e~:e packages and in c£gare~e
aOve~ising. The ~llls Fo~ ~ne ~l~s~ ~lme ~ulO ~ave
conre:=ed express au~no~£~y on FTC ~o concuc~ and
re~otT Ces~lng results an~ ~o comDel ~ne ~uoI!ca~Lon
or ~nose ~esuZ~s in c~gare~e aOver~is!ng/~a¢~aglng.
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voluntary ag~eemen~ ~£~n FTC and ~oulo have e~ooed ou~
posl~on In ~ne BARCLAY case.
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:equ:red one a~sc~osu~s on every ciga~e:~e ~ackage or
"earn natural o~ synthetic ingredient, iocluOing
chemical a~d~lves, con~aineo in such
The Ha~c~ and Waxman dills ~ouZd nave ~equi~eO
suom!ss/on oF ~ne camole~e Ils~ or "chemical
a~ol~£ves" ~o ~ne Secretary of HH$.
3u~s~lC~lon or ~he FTC - Zn varying ~ays and
va~ylng ex~en~s, ~ne ~a~cn/PaCk-ooo dials as veal as
~ne ~8xman bill -ou!a nave expense0 ~ne~uris0ic~ion
or the FTC ov=~ c!ga=e~e laoeling and ~ave~:islng.
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Preemo~ion - The Waxman 0~11 vouZd have teoe~led
~ee~O~on Language a~ exis~£ng la~ and :e~laced
language ~i~n O~ovisions ~na~ (a) mign~ have oeen
cons~=ueq as pe~m£~:~ng's=a~s and [ne~
suoO/vLsions ~o oan all c~ga~e~e aOve~£s~ng, even
~ dan ~e~e ~aseo on a Oresumea ~eLaClonsnL~ oe~een
smoking and health anO (o) emonasizeO ~na~ com~lianc~
~l~n ~ne ~axmsn ~arn~ng no:~ce ~equlrsmen~s -oul0 "no~
under s~a~e s~a~u:o:y la~ =o any o~ne~ ~erson",
On all or ~nese issues One inausC:y !ocoyis~s *er~ instructed O~
Co ac:~moC Co acesecve one s:acus duo unae~ existing lag'to.erie ~
extent Oossio~e. Those lns::ucclons Cook concrete room in One ~J
I~8). Ouc£ng reoorc sess£ons ~£~n ~ne inaus:cy LoooyLsCs.
~ns~sCea on assurances Cnac cney would confer ano cooc~£naCe
one in~usC:y's efror:s ,ic~ our legislative friendS vi~n
,
oar:louise reference Co Send:or Ford, and such assurance
reoeaCeOly given. UnfortunatelY, iC is cte3r ~haC no
coaca£naClan occu~ced and our ~ri~nds ~ece caugn~ oy surprise.
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o~*s nave omen ellmlnaCeO f~om H.R. )gTg oecause or
lasc-m~nuCe oarga*n,ng oy SenaCoc Foc~. The suos~ance
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£11nesses. (~n aoO~on, some or ~ne mos;
oo~ec~*onaoLe language £n ~e rlnd£ngs sections or ~e
2) ~t~:~out!on -~ven oera~e t~e ~ecent elim~nat!on or
a~:~ou~e all ~£no~ngs ~o ~ne S~geon GeneraL. T~e
la~geLy, Ou~ no~ comoLe~ely, pcese~ved
b£Lls has omen eliminated. As a~=ove~, H.R. )979
aOve~ls~n9 ~s -ell as save:a1 d£s~lay
affecting oo~h c~ga~e~e laOeLLn9 anO
omen eLlm~naceo ~cne:e £s also no cererence
a~so ,s s,~en~ on ~e adO*c~on ~ssue. The House
Re~o~ Ooes state, hoverer, ~n•~ C~e oele~on
ccnsCcued Co refIec:--e~ec Dos~ckvely oc
neQat~vely--t~e ¢omm~::ee's vLews or t~e~: ces~ec~£ve
"Tar'. Nicotine an~ CO O~sclosure -
ooes noC a~ear In H.R. ~979 as a~oroveO
• no Senate. AC c~e same CLme. one or
S~rgeon GenecaL C~e warning c~ac c~Qarec:e smo~e
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