Regulations Under the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986

概要

On March 20, 1991, the Federal Trade Commission (``the Commission'') issued final regulations (56 FR 11653) amending 16 CFR part 307, the Commission's existing regulations pursuant to the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (``the Smokeless Tobacco Act''). The amendments deleted the exemption of utilitarian objects from the regulations, and provided a method for displaying and rotating the health warnings on utilitarian objects. The amendments also changed the requirements for the rotation of the health warnings on point-of-sale and non-point-of-sale promotional materials (``promotional materials''). On January 15, 1993, the Commission deleted the promotional materials portion of the 1991 amendment, indicating that it had failed to receive sufficient comment on this portion of the Regulation. At the same time, the Commission re-proposed its 1991 rule for promotional materials warning label rotations and sought comment. Some of the comments received suggested that the Commission should not only amend the rotational schedule for promotional materials, but also amend the regulations governing the rotation of utilitarian objects. Thus, the Commission is seeking