[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4249

 To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to extend 
 the prohibition on electronic advertisements of cigarettes and little 
            cigars to electronic nicotine delivery systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2019

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to extend 
 the prohibition on electronic advertisements of cigarettes and little 
            cigars to electronic nicotine delivery systems.

    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 ``Stop Vaping Ads Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE 
              DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

    Section 6 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 
U.S.C. 1335) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and little cigars'' and inserting ``, 
        little cigars, and electronic nicotine delivery systems'';
            (2) by striking ``After'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--After''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Defined.--In this 
section, the term `electronic nicotine delivery system'--
            ``(1) means any electronic device that delivers nicotine, 
        flavor, or another substance via an aerosolized solution to the 
        user inhaling from the device (including e-cigarettes, e-
        hookah, e-cigars, vape pens, advanced refillable personal 
        vaporizers, and electronic pipes) and any component, liquid, 
        part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold 
        separately; and
            ``(2) does not include a product that--
                    ``(A) is approved by the Food and Drug 
                Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product 
                or for another therapeutic purpose; and
                    ``(B) is marketed and sold solely for a purpose 
                described in subparagraph (A).''.
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