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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4406]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 70--COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH EDUCATION
 
Sec. 4406. Preemption


(a) Federal action

    No statement relating to the use of smokeless tobacco products and 
health, other than the statements required by section 4402 of this 
title, shall be required by any Federal agency to appear on any package 
or in any advertisement (unless the advertisement is an outdoor 
billboard advertisement) of a smokeless tobacco product.

(b) State and local action

    No statement relating to the use of smokeless tobacco products and 
health, other than the statements required by section 4402 of this 
title, shall be required by any State or local statute or regulation to 
be included on any package or in any advertisement (unless the 
advertisement is an outdoor billboard advertisement) of a smokeless 
tobacco product.

(c) Effect on liability law

    Nothing in this chapter shall relieve any person from liability at 
common law or under State statutory law to any other person.

(Pub. L. 99-252, Sec. 7, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 34.)
