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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 453A.57 DISCLOSURE OF
1 2 INFORMATION – TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTES.
1 3 1. Any manufacturer of tobacco products or cigarettes sold
1 4 in this state shall submit to the Iowa department of public
1 5 health for the prior calendar year, in a form specified by the
1 6 Iowa department of public health a report annually, on or
1 7 before January 15 which lists for each brand and product sold
1 8 during the prior calendar year, all of the following
1 9 information:
1 10 a. The identity of any added constituent, other than
1 11 tobacco, water, or reconstituted tobacco sheet made wholly
1 12 from tobacco, to be listed in descending order according to
1 13 weight, measure, or numerical count.
1 14 b. The nicotine yield ratings, which shall accurately
1 15 predict nicotine intake for an average consumer, based upon
1 16 standards to be established by the Iowa department of public
1 17 health.
1 18 2. The nicotine yield ratings provided, and any other
1 19 information in the annual reports with respect to which the
1 20 Iowa department of public health determines that there is a
1 21 reasonable scientific basis for concluding that the
1 22 availability of the information could reduce risks to public
1 23 health, shall be public records subject to examination and
1 24 copying under chapter 22, provided that before the information
1 25 is publicly disclosed the Iowa department of public health
1 26 shall request the advice of the attorney general as to whether
1 27 the disclosure would constitute an unconstitutional taking of
1 28 property, and shall not disclose the information unless and
1 29 until the attorney general advises that the disclosure would
1 30 not constitute an unconstitutional taking.
1 31 3. A manufacturer shall not be required to identify or
1 32 disclose the specific amount of any ingredient that has been
1 33 approved as safe when burned and inhaled by the United States
1 34 food and drug administration, the United States public health
1 35 service, or the United States department of health and human
2 1 services, or that has been designated by the United States
2 2 food and drug administration as generally recognized as safe
2 3 when burned and inhaled.
2 4 4. A manufacturer who violates this section is subject to
2 5 denial of issuance of a permit or revocation of a permit
2 6 issued under this chapter and is guilty of a serious
2 7 misdemeanor.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill requires a manufacturer of tobacco products or
2 10 cigarettes doing business in this state to submit an annual
2 11 report to the Iowa department of public health which provides
2 12 information including the identity of any added constituent
2 13 and the nicotine yield rating of the product. The information
2 14 submitted is only to be made a public record if the attorney
2 15 general determines that disclosing the information is not an
2 16 unconstitutional taking of property. The bill does not
2 17 require that a manufacturer disclose the specific amount of
2 18 any ingredient that has been approved by a federal agency as
2 19 safe when burned and inhaled or which is generally recognized
2 20 as safe when burned and inhaled by the United States food and
2 21 drug administration. A manufacturer who violates the
2 22 requirements of the bill is subject to denial or revocation of
2 23 a permit and is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
2 24 LSB 1151HH 77
2 25 pf/cf/24.1
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