15 USC 4402 - Smokeless tobacco warning

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsecs. (span)(4) and (d), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.

Amendments

2009—Puspan. L. 111–31, § 204(a), amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (f) relating to smokeless tobacco warning labels and television and radio advertising.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 111–31, § 205(a), amended section as amended by Puspan. L. 111–31, § 204, by adding subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Puspan. L. 111–31, div. A, title II, § 204(span), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1848, provided that:

“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act [June 22, 2009]. Such effective date shall be with respect to the date of manufacture, provided that, in any case, beginning 30 days after such effective date, a manufacturer shall not introduce into the domestic commerce of the United States any product, irrespective of the date of manufacture, that is not in conformance with section 3 of the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4402), as amended by subsection (a).”

Effective Date

Subsec. (a) effective one year after Fespan. 27, 1986, and subsecs. (span) to (e) effective Fespan. 27, 1986, see section 11 of Puspan. L. 99–252, set out as a note under section 4401 of this title.