Difference between revisions of "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act"
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The '''Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act''' is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to [[President Obama]]. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124566796165436743.html] | The '''Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act''' is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to [[President Obama]]. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124566796165436743.html] | ||
| − | *The law will force cigarette packs to carry graphic warnings | + | *The law will give the FDA power to band candy and fruit flavoured cigarettes, force cigarette packs to carry larger, graphic warnings, forbid the use of terms like "mild" and "low tar" in tobacco advertisements, and further restrict advertising of tobacco products. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/12/tobacco.bill/index.html] |
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Revision as of 13:33, June 26, 2009
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act is "a law to help protect the next generation of Americans from growing up with a deadly habit that so many of our generation have lived with", according to President Obama. [1]
- The law will give the FDA power to band candy and fruit flavoured cigarettes, force cigarette packs to carry larger, graphic warnings, forbid the use of terms like "mild" and "low tar" in tobacco advertisements, and further restrict advertising of tobacco products. [2]
