FDA Final Rule Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Advertising.

Freedom of speech.

Business.

Marketing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (18 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 10-R4-1304 in the 2010 issue.

Discusses FDA failed attempt at regulating tobacco products under provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; summarizes current FDA tobacco rule reissued to reduce underage smoking and use of smokeless tobacco products; and compares provisions of reissued rule to youth access, advertising, and marketing restrictions that went into effect pursuant to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the States and tobacco companies. Discusses First Amendment implications of advertising restrictions in the rule, including analysis of recent Federal district court ruling against FDA and Supreme Court decision in Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly , which struck down Massachusetts law restricting outdoor tobacco advertising.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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