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A decade later in 1973, cigarette advertising was banned on billboards and in cinemas, and print media advertising was restricted to half a newspaper page. In 1995 all remaining tobacco advertising and sponsorship was banned except for point-of-sale advertising and some tobacco sponsorship exemptions.
The intended regulations included prohibiting non-face-to-face sales of tobacco products, prohibiting outdoor advertising of tobacco products near schools or playgrounds, imposing more stringent advertising regulations, and prohibiting brand-name sponsorship, among other things. After the regulations were issued in 1996, tobacco companies sued.
Instead, in Kentucky, the only state laws dealing with smoking prohibit smoking in government offices, universities, and the state capitol, except in designated smoking areas. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] In 2004, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the state's food and tobacco sales laws do not preempt cities and counties from enacting smoking ...
Tobacco companies countered that the warnings went far beyond text warnings that had been allowed since 1984, including that smoking causes lung cancer and quitting reduces health risks.
Tobacco growers and quota holders in the 14 states that grow flue-cured and burley tobacco used to manufacture cigarettes are eligible to receive payments from the trust fund. The states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Even without new state laws, cigarette peddlers will be committing crimes by selling untaxed tobacco products. The FDA is too focused on the benefits of a cigarette ban to worry about such costs.
Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act; Other short titles: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965: Long title: An Act to regulate the labeling of cigarettes, and for other purposes. Nicknames: Cigarette Act: Enacted by: the 89th United States Congress: Effective: January 1, 1966: Citations; Public law: 89-92: Statutes at Large ...
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