Opinion ID: 3011674
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Heading: regulating tobacco products

Text: A brief summary of the federal regulation of the tobacco industry is a necessary prerequisite to a discussion of 8 Black Smokers' civil rights claims. Manufactur ers of cigarettes are subject to the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 and its successor, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969, 15 U.S.C. S 1331, et seq. (together, the Labeling Act). The Labeling Act provides a comprehensive program of federal r equirements addressing the labeling and advertising of cigarettes and preempts certain state law damages actions relating to smoking and health which challenge the adequacy of warnings on cigarette packages or the propriety of a manufacturer's advertising or promotion of cigarettes. See Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505 U.S. 504, 511, 112 S.Ct. 2608 (1992). In Cipollone, the Supreme Court was called upon to determine the contours of the federal pr eemption of state law actions under the Labeling Act. The Court held that (i) the 1965 Act does not preempt state law damages actions in general; (ii) the 1969 Act does preempt claims based on a failure to warn and on the neutralization of federally mandated warnings to the extent that such claims rely on omissions or inclusions in a manufacturer's advertising or promotions; and (iii) the 1969 Act does not pr eempt claims based on express warranty, intentional fraud and misrepresentation, or conspiracy. See Cipollone v. Liggett, 505 U.S. at 530-31.