Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act

Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act to extend public health protection with respect to cigarette smoking and for other purposes.
Enacted bythe 91st United States Congress
EffectiveApril 1, 1970
Citations
Public law91-222
Statutes at Large84 Stat. 87
Codification
Acts amendedFederal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, Pub. L. 89–92
Titles amendedXV
U.S.C. sections amended15 United States Code, Sections 1331–1338
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 6543
  • Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on April 1, 1970
Major amendments

The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is a 1970 federal law in the United States designed to limit the practice of tobacco smoking. As approved by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon, the act required a stronger health warning on packages, saying "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health". It also banned cigarette advertisements on American radio and television.[1][2] 

  1. ^ "Tobaccodocuments.org – Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969". Archived from the original on March 5, 2008. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  2. ^ "Surgeon General Asks Stronger Smoking Warning". The New York Times. 17 April 1969. ProQuest 118672221.