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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4658
To require the labeling, advertising, and promotion of tobacco products to
disclose the additives to and constituents of the products and tobacco
smoke, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1994
Ms. SHEPHERD (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SYNAR, Mr.
MEEHAN, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, and Mr. HILLIARD) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce
A BILL
To require the labeling, advertising, and promotion of tobacco
products to disclose the additives to and constituents
of the products and tobacco smoke, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Tobacco La-
beling Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The tobacco industry adds chemical addi-
tives to their products that are not required to be
disclosed to the public and are not tested for health
and safety in a manner comparable to food ingredi-
ents.
(2) There is no listing of chemical constituents
found in mainstream and sidestream smoke (includ-
ing benzene, arsenic, cyanide, etc.).
(3) The labeling of tobacco products does not
provide smokers and nonsmokers with full and com-
plete information about tobacco products or any in-
dication of the safety of those products or their in-
gredients.
(4) In spite of well established dangers of ciga-
rette smoking and tobacco use, no Federal regu-
latory agency has the comprehensive authority to
regulate the labeling and advertising of such prod-
ucts.
(5) There is no research publicly available on
the impact of chemical additives inhaled by smokers
on cancer rates, particularly breast cancer. If re-
search into tobacco products and the safety of their
chemical additives indicates a link between smoking
and breast or other cancer, consumers have a right
to be informed of such information.
SEC. 3. REGULATION OF LABELING, ADVERTISING, AND
PROMOTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Chapter XI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act is amended by redesignating the section 903 relating
to scientific review groups as section 904 and by adding
after that section the following:
‘‘SEC. 905. REGULATION OF LABELING, ADVERTISING, AND
PROMOTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate
regulations governing the labeling, advertising, and pro-
motion of tobacco products. Such regulations shall require
manufacturers of tobacco products to provide to consum-
ers by way of the labeling, advertising, and promotion of
tobacco products—
‘‘(1) identification of the chemical additives and
constituents found in tobacco products and tobacco
smoke on or in each package available to consumers,
‘‘(2) information about the adverse effects of
tobacco products, including the potential link to
breast or other cancer,
‘‘(3) adequate warnings and directions for use,
‘‘(4) contraindications,
‘‘(5) adequate warnings against use in patho-
logical conditions, and
‘‘(6) any other information deemed necessary
by the Secretary.
The warnings required by paragraph (3) shall include the
following warning: ‘Unlike food and other consumer prod-
ucts, the additives in cigarettes have not been tested for
their impact on human health as an inhaled product’.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) the term ‘tobacco product’ means ciga-
rettes, cigars, little cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless
tobacco, snuff, and chewing tobacco, and
‘‘(2) the term ‘constituent’ means any element
of cigarette mainstream or sidestream smoke which
is present in quantities which represent a potential
health hazard or where the health effect is unknown.
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations under subsection (a) not later than the
expiration of 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this section.’’.
SEC. 4. PUBLICATION OF INDUSTRY SUBMISSIONS.
Section 7(b) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and
Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1335a(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2), and
(2) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and redesignating sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3), respectively.
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