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Smoker's Right to Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act

Introduced: February 29, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Feb 29, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S946-949)
Feb 29, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S946)
Feb 29, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Smoker's Right to Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act - Requires that: (1) cigarette labeling and advertising include one of specified warnings and a statement listing cancer-causing agents inhaled in the cigarette's smoke; (2) cigarette packages include an insert on carcinogens, toxins, and other substances posing a risk to human health contained in the cigarettes; and (3) smokeless, cigar, pipe, or any similar tobacco product labeling and advertising include one of specified warnings.

Requires tobacco manufacturers, packagers, and importers into the United States to annually report the identity of any added ingredient or constituent other than tobacco or water and the nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide intake from the product for average consumers.

What's happening now February 29, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S946-949)

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 29, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2125: Smoker's Right to Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2125/
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"S. 2125: Smoker's Right to Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2125/.
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