[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1671 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1671

To require that promotional products for cigarettes bear labels warning 
the public of the health dangers associated with cigarette smoking, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 18 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

   Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that promotional products for cigarettes bear labels warning 
the public of the health dangers associated with cigarette smoking, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cigarette Promotional Product 
Labeling Act''.

SEC. 2. WARNING LABELS ON UTILITARIAN OBJECTS.

    Section 4 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 
U.S.C. 1333) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, 
        package, or import for sale or distribution within the United 
        States any object that is sold or given or caused to be sold or 
        given by any manufacturer, packager, or importer to consumers 
        for their personal use and that displays the brand name, logo, 
        or selling message of any cigarette product, including pens, 
        pencils, clothing, and sporting goods, unless such object 
        bears, in accordance with the requirements of this section, one 
        of the following labels:
                    SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung 
                Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate 
                Pregnancy.
                    SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now 
                Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.
                    SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking by Pregnant 
                Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And 
                Low Birth Weight.
                    SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains 
                Carbon Monoxide.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) The Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate and 
        implement regulations governing the format of each label 
        statement required by paragraph (4) of subsection (a), to 
        appear--
                    ``(A) in a conspicuous and prominent place on the 
                object;
                    ``(B) in a conspicuous format; and
                    ``(C) in legible type in contrast with all other 
                printed material on the object.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), by striking ``and 
        (3)'' each place the phrase appears, and inserting ``(3), and 
        (4)''.

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