[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR307.2]

[Page 330]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 307_REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH 
EDUCATION ACT OF 1986--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 307.2  Required warnings.

    The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 is 
the law that requires the enactment of these regulations. Section 7 of 
this law provides that no statement, other than the three warning 
statements required by the Act, shall be required by any Federal, State, 
or local statute or regulation to be included on the package or in the 
advertisement (unless the advertisement is an outdoor billboard) of a 
smokeless tobacco product. The warning statements required by the Act 
are as follows:

WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE MOUTH CANCER

WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE GUM DISEASE AND TOOTH LOSS

WARNING: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO CIGARETTES

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