15 U.S.C. § 1331 — Congressional declaration of policy and

Page 1397 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1332 CHAPTER 35—SEAT BELT REGULATION §§ 1321 to 1323. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–563, title I, § 117(a), Sept. 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 727 Sections, Pub. L. 88–201, §§ 1–3, Dec. 13, 1963, 77 Stat. 361, provided for the promulgation of standards for seat belts in motor vehicles and set the penalty for the un- lawful sale, importation, or introduction into com- merce of seat belts not meeting the published stand- ards. For savings provision, see section 117(b) to (e) of Pub. L. 89–563, formerly set out as a note under section 1301 of this title. CHAPTER 36—CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING Sec. 1331. Congressional declaration of policy and pur- pose. 1332. Definitions. 1333. Labeling. 1334. Preemption. 1335. Unlawful advertisements on medium of elec- tronic communication. 1335a. List of cigarette ingredients; annual submis- sion to Secretary; transmittal to Congress; confidentiality. 1336. Authority of Federal Trade Commission; un- fair or deceptive acts or practices. 1337. Omitted. 1338. Criminal penalty. 1339. Injunction proceedings. 1340. Cigarettes for export. 1341. Smoking, research, education and informa- tion. § 1331. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose It is the policy of the Congress, and the pur- pose of this chapter, to establish a comprehen- sive Federal Program to deal with cigarette la- beling and advertising with respect to any rela- tionship between smoking and health, where- by— (1) the public may be adequately informed about any adverse health effects of cigarette smoking by inclusion of warning notices on each package of cigarettes and in each adver- tisement of cigarettes; and (2) commerce and the national economy may be (A) protected to the maximum extent con- sistent with this declared policy and (B) not impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and con- fusing cigarette labeling and advertising regu- lations with respect to any relationship be- tween smoking and health. (Pub. L. 89–92, § 2, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 87; Pub. L. 98–474, § 6(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2204.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1984—Par. (1). Pub. L. 98–474 substituted ‘‘about any adverse health effects of cigarette smoking by inclu- sion of warning notices on each package of cigarettes and in each advertisement;’’ for ‘‘that cigarette smok- ing may be hazardous to health by inclusion of a warn- ing to that effect on each package of cigarettes;’’. 1970—Pub. L. 91–222 reenacted section without change. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 91–222, § 3, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 90, provided in part that: ‘‘All other provisions of the amendment made by this Act [enacting section 1340 of this title, amending this section and sections 1332 and 1335 to 1339 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] except where otherwise specified shall take effect on January 1, 1970.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 89–92, § 12, formerly § 11, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 284, as renumbered by Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2203, provided that: ‘‘This Act [this chapter] shall take effect on January 1, 1966.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 98–474, § 1, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2200, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 1335a and 1341 of this title, amending this section and sections 1332, 1333, 1336, and 1337 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 1333 and 1335a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Comprehensive Smoking Education Act’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 93–109, § 1, Sept. 21, 1973, 87 Stat. 352, provided: ‘‘That this Act [amending sections 1332 and 1335 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Little Cigar Act of 1973’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 91–222, § 1, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 87, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting section 1340 of this title, amending this section and sections 1332 to 1339 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 1333 and 1334 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 89–92, § 1, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 282, provided: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act’.’’ SEPARABILITY Pub. L. 89–92, § 13, formerly § 12, as added by Pub. L. 91–222, § 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 90, and renumbered Pub. L. 98–474, § 5(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2203, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [this chapter] or the appli- cation thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the other provisions of this Act [this chapter] and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.’’ CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Pub. L. 98–474, § 2, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2200, provided that: ‘‘It is the purpose of this Act [see Short Title of 1984 Amendment note above] to provide a new strategy for making Americans more aware of any adverse health effects of smoking, to assure the timely and widespread dissemination of research findings and to enable individuals to make informed decisions about smoking.’’ § 1332. Definitions As used in this chapter— (1) The term ‘‘cigarette’’ means— (A) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco, and (B) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any sub- stance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, con- sumers as a cigarette described in subpara- graph (A). (2) The term ‘‘commerce’’ means (A) com- merce between any State, the District of Co-