To require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3162 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3162

To require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter
in retail sales.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 24, 2003

Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter
in retail sales.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RETAIL SALES OF CIGARETTE PRODUCTS.

(a) Product Placement.--Any person engaged in the retail sales of
cigarette products shall place such products under or behind a counter
and not out on the floor of the retail sales facility.
(b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) shall be
considered to have engaged in a deceptive act or practice in violation
of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45).
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