Federal Trade Commission Guidance Regarding Tar and Nicotine Yields in Cigarettes.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Advertising.

Tobacco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explains the cambridge filter method or FTC test method; and the 1966 FTC guidance statement, approving it as the only methodology "to be used to support any factual statements of tar and nicotine content of the mainstream smoke of cigarettes." Considers implications of rescinding the FTC guidance statement; and outlines current legislation to authorize FDA to regulate tobacco and to prohibit cigarette manufacturers from "making any claims or other representations based on data derived from a cigarette testing method established by" the FTC.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Federal Trade Commission Guidance Regarding Tar and Nicotine Yields in Cigarettes

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