§ 1331. — Congressional declaration of policy and purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1331]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 36--CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING
Sec. 1331. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
It is the policy of the Congress, and the purpose of this chapter,
to establish a comprehensive Federal Program to deal with cigarette
labeling and advertising with respect to any relationship between
smoking and health, whereby--
(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 advertisement of
cigarettes; and
(2) commerce and the national economy may be (A) protected to
the maximum extent consistent with this declared policy and (B) not
impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and confusing cigarette labeling and
advertising regulations with respect to any relationship between
smoking and health.
(Pub. L. 89-92, Sec. 2, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 91-222,
Sec. 2, Apr. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 87; Pub. L. 98-474, Sec. 6(a), Oct. 12,
1984, 98 Stat. 2204.)
Amendments
1984--Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-474 substituted ``about any adverse
health effects of cigarette smoking by inclusion of warning notices on
each package of cigarettes and in each advertisement;'' for ``that
cigarette smoking may be hazardous to health by inclusion of a warning
to that effect on each package of cigarettes;''.
1970--Pub. L. 91-222 reenacted section without change.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Section 3 of Pub. L. 91-222 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
Section 12, formerly Sec. 11, of Pub. L. 89-92 as renumbered by Pub.
L. 98-474, Sec. 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
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-474 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
Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-109 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
Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-222 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
Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-92 provided: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising
Act'.''
Separability
Section 13, formerly Sec. 12, of Pub. L. 89-92 as added by section 2
of Pub. L. 91-222, and renumbered Pub. L. 98-474, Sec. 5(a), Oct. 12,
1984, 98 Stat. 2203, provided that: ``If any provision of this Act [this
chapter] or the application 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
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-474 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.''
