On This Day – Health warnings required on all cigarette packages
ON THIS DATE - July 27th
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking. According to Public Health Law Center, one of the first formal tobacco regulations was the Federal Trade Commission’s requirement in 1965 that all cigarettes and tobacco advertisements carry warning labels. The FTC proposed these labels after the release of the landmark Surgeon General’s Report on the hazards of smoking. Shortly thereafter, Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965, which required warning labels on cigarette packs but not on ads, and preempted the earlier rule. Over the years, the FTC passed other regulations requiring the disclosure of tobacco ingredients and stronger health warnings on cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco products. These regulations were mainly to disclose information about the tobacco product – not regulate the product in any significant way.
1990 - Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop
1997 - Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:
1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach)
1949 - Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After)
GOODBYE TO:
2003 - Bob Hope, English-born American actor, comedian and entertainer (b. 1903)
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