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[Editor's NOTE: This page contains archived information - the full text of an FDA Press Release involving tobacco use by children.]

 

Date: Friday, Aug. 23, 1996
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jim O'Hara,
(301) 443-1130

 

Tobacco Advertising and Children: FDA

Clinton Announcement
Reducing Access
Key Elements
Children's Future
Legal Issues
Chronology
Final Rule: Discussion
Executive Summary

$200 Million Tobacco Settlement

NY AG press Release dated 11-16-98
Tobacco Settlement: Timeline
Tobacco Settlement: Proposed MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Appeals Court ruling re FDA

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FDA
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. FDA - Full Text


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents re tobacco use by children.

 

FDA TOBACCO REGULATION


Proposed Rule and Final Regulation

 

REDUCING YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS

 

 

PROPOSED RULE                      FINAL RULE



Minimum age of 18                  Same
to buy tobacco products            



Ban vending machines and           Same EXCEPT in certain        
self-service displays              nightclubs and other "adult
                                   only" facilities totally
                                   inaccessible to persons under 18

     

Ban "kiddie" packs, "loosies,"     Same
or free samples


Ban mail-order sales               Mail-order sales permitted


REDUCING APPEAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO YOUNG PEOPLE


PROPOSED RULE                      FINAL RULE



Ban billboards within              Same
1,000 feet of schools
and playgrounds



Other billboards, outdoor          Same EXCEPT color, imagery 
and in-store advertising limited   permitted in "adult only" 
to black-and-white text only       facilities if not visible from
                                   outside and not removable



Advertising in publications        Same
with significant youth
readership (more than 15% or
2 million) limited to
black-and-white text only



Ban brand-name sponsorship         Same, INCLUDING cars and teams
of sporting or other events;
only corporate name sponsorship
permitted



Ban brand names on hats,           Same
t-shirts, gym bags, etc.


EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HEALTH RISKS OF TOBACCO


The proposed rule called for a $150 million annual fund, paid by 
tobacco manufacturers, to conduct a national educational campaign.


The FDA will pursue the goals of the educational effort proposed in
August 1995 by using Section 518 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act.  Under the authority of this provision, the FDA will
propose to require the six tobacco companies with a significant
share of sales to children to educate young people about the health
risks of using their products.  This national campaign, including
television spots, would be monitored for its effectiveness.

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