Major provisions of FDA law (S. 982, June 12, 2009).

aThese provisions can be strengthened through the rule-making process.bAsserting the right to use the fact that their products are regulated by the FDA in advertising may have been the reason that Michael Szymanczyk, Chairman and CEO of Altria (Philip Morris USA's parent company) wrote, in his letter endorsing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, “we have repeatedly expressed First Amendment reservations about certain provisions, including those that could restrict a manufacturer's ability to truthfully communicate about tobacco products” [43].