Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act

Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act

Other short titles	Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1966
Long title	An Act to regulate the labeling of cigarettes, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CLAA, FCLAA
Nicknames	Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
Enacted by	the 89th United States Congress
Effective	January 1, 1966
Citations
Public law	89-92
Statutes at Large	79 Stat. 282
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 36 § 1331 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 559 by Warren Magnuson (D-WA) on January 15, 1965 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce Committee, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee Passed the Senate on June 16, 1965 (72-5) Passed the House on June 22, 1965 (passed voice vote, in lieu of H.R. 3014) Reported by the joint conference committee on July 1, 1965; agreed to by the Senate on July 6, 1965 (passed voice vote) and by the House on July 13, 1965 (293-110) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 27, 1965
Major amendments
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1986 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009

The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1966 (known as The Cigarette Act) is a comprehensive act designed to provide a set of national standards for cigarette packaging. It was amended by the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1986 and the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. It came in conflict with California Proposition 65.

It is the policy and the purpose of this Act, to establish a comprehensive Federal program to deal with cigarette labeling and advertising with respect to any relationship between smoking and health, whereby —

As used in this Act —

It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, or package for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to bear the following statement:

Such statement shall be located in a conspicuous place on every cigarette package and shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printed matter on the package.

Any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.

The United States district courts are invested with jurisdiction, for cause shown, to prevent and restrain violations of this Act upon the application of the United States Attorney General acting through the several United States attorneys in their several districts.

Packages of cigarettes manufactured, imported, or packaged —

If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the other provisions of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

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