1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act

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The 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act is a U.S. law that mandated health warnings on cigarette packages and restricted tobacco advertising as part of the first major federal effort to inform the public about the dangers of smoking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
public health law
acronym FCLAA
amendedBy Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1984
1969 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
surface form: Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969
appliesTo cigarettes sold in the United States
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code
country United States of America
surface form: United States
effectiveDate 1965
enactedBy United States Congress
enforcementAgency United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Federal Trade Commission
historicalSignificance early federal response to evidence linking smoking and disease
first major federal law to mandate health warnings on cigarette packages in the United States
introducedHealthWarning Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalEffect established federal standards for cigarette health warnings
limited state regulation of cigarette labeling and advertising
limits cigarette advertising content related to health claims
policyArea consumer protection
health policy
tobacco control
preempts state cigarette labeling requirements differing from federal standards
prohibits state or local requirements for additional health warnings on cigarette packages
purpose to inform the public about the health risks of cigarette smoking
to regulate cigarette advertising
to require health warnings on cigarette packages
regulates advertising of cigarettes
labeling of cigarette packages
relatedConcept preemption doctrine in U.S. law
relatedTo Public Health Service reports on smoking and health
Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
surface form: Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health
requires health warning statements on cigarette packages
uniform labeling of cigarette packages regarding health hazards
scope interstate commerce in cigarettes
sectorAffected advertising industry
tobacco industry
shortName 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
signingPresident Lyndon B. Johnson
subjectMatter cigarette labeling
public health warnings
tobacco advertising
typeOfWarning textual health warning
warningLocation side panel of cigarette packages
yearEnacted 1965

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Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health ledTo 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act shortName 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
1969 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act amends 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
this entity surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965
FCLAA fullName 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
this entity surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
FCLAA alsoKnownAs 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
this entity surface form: Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1984 amends 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
this entity surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 relatedTo 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
this entity surface form: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act