A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to increase the availability to the American public of information on the health consequences of smoking and thereby improve informed choice, and for other purposes.
Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1981 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes through research, demonstration, and educational activities.
Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to coordinate Federal and private activities. Requires the Committee to meet at least four times a year.
Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress.
Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to change existing label warning provisions to require cigarette packages and advertisements to carry specified warnings on a rotating basis.
Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package for sale cigarettes without: (1) disclosing tar, nicotine, and carbon dioxide levels on the package; and (2) providing the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services with a list of the types and quantities of chemical additives.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred jointly to Senate Committees on Commerce; Labor and Human Resources by unanimous consent.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department; Labor Department; Federal Trade Commission; Education Department; OMB.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held.
Committee on Commerce. Hearings held.
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