HR 3907
107th Congress
House
Health
Administrative procedure
Cigarettes
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Diseases
Drug abuse
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Health warnings
Heart diseases
Law
Lung diseases
Newspapers
Passive smoking
Periodicals
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Smoking and youth
Warning labels
Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act
Introduced: March 7, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Mar 7, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 7, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless the product package bears, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front and back panels of the cigarette package or carton. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Committees of jurisdiction
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