Global Tobacco Control
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6313a1.htm One in a series of reports reviewing the state of the tobacco industry, efforts to control tobacco use, smokefree laws and regulations, cessation...
View ArticleGateway to Addiction?: A Survey of Popular Electronic Cigarette Manufacturers...
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report-E-Cigarettes-Youth-Marketing-Gateway-To-Addiction-2014-4-14.pdf Explains what E-cigarettes are and how manufacturers...
View ArticleDeeming Tobacco Products to be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-09491.pdf Proposed rule that is designed to bring so-called E-cigarettes under restrictions on advertising and sale to minors like...
View ArticleFDA Proposes to Extend its Tobacco Authority to Additional Tobacco Products,...
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm394667.htm Agency press release explaining intent and extent of proposed regulations that would expand federal authority to cover additional...
View ArticleObesity Update
http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Obesity-Update-2014.pdf A majority of adults and 1 in 5 children are overweight or obese in the OECD countries. This update provides obesity rates for OECD...
View ArticleMeasuring Broadband America: 2014: A Report on Consumer Wireline Broadband...
http://www.fcc.gov/reports/measuring-broadband-america-2014 Measures the network performance delivered to a representative sample of the population. Finds that ISPs now deliver 101% of advertised...
View ArticleAmanda Blackhorse et al v. Pro-Football Inc
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92046185&pty=CAN&eno=199 Text of the decision to cancel the Washington professional football team’s trademarks, because they were disparaging to Native...
View ArticleTelemarketing Regulation: National and State Do Not Call Registries
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43684.pdf Outlines the laws underpinning the national do not call list, describes the regulations implementing the list, answers some of the most frequently asked...
View ArticleBroadcast Television and Radio: Disclosure Requirements for Broadcasted Content
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/665860.pdf Describes the disclosure requirements and practices of TV and radio stations that air ads or programming that affect their interests and may be intended to...
View ArticleReport to Congress Under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit...
http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/section-319-fair-accurate-credit-transactions-act-2003-sixth-interim-final-report-federal-trade/150121factareport.pdf Sixth and final report in a...
View ArticleBig Data and Differential Pricing
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/whitehouse_files/docs/Big_Data_Report_Nonembargo_v2.pdf Examines how corporate use of big data may lead to different prices for different groups of...
View Article2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2014%20Notorious%20Markets%20List%20-%20Published_0.pdf Lists online and physical marketplaces that engage in trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. From...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2012
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette-report-2012/150327-2012cigaretterpt.pdf Provides information on domestic sales and advertising by the five largest...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2012
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report-2012/150327-2012smokelesstobaccorpt.pdf Provides information on domestic sales and advertising by...
View ArticleFDA Issues Final Guidance on the Evaluation and Labeling of Abuse-Deterrent...
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm440713.htm Agency press release with explanation about release of final guidance to assist the pharmaceutical industry on developing opioid...
View ArticleAntitrust Commission Sends Statement of Objections to Google on Comparison...
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4781_en.htm Press release with links to documents related to European Commission antitrust investigation of Google for allegedly abusing its position as the...
View ArticleNational Senior Investment Initiative
http://www.sec.gov/ocie/reportspubs/sec-finra-national-senior-investor-initiative-report.pdf Focuses on the types of securities purchased by senior investors, the suitability of recommended...
View ArticleRegulation of Campaign Finance and Free Advertising
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/campaign-finance-regulation/index.php/campaign-finance-regulations.pdf Discusses the regulation of spending on election campaigns and the availability of free air time in...
View ArticleU. S. Households’ Demand for Convenience Foods
http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/2122384/err211.pdf Examines the reasons behind the rise in popularity of convenience foods including pricing, advertising, and time-use patterns. From the Economic...
View ArticleFTC Charges Academic Journal Publisher OMICS Group Deceived Researchers
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/08/ftc-charges-academic-journal-publisher-omics-group-deceived Agency press release explaining the complaint against a publisher alleged to be using...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission v. OMICS Group et al
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/160826omicscmpt.pdf Text of lawsuit charging a publisher with deceiving academics and researchers about the nature of its journals. The complaint...
View ArticleAcademics and Scientists: Beware of Predatory Journal Publishers
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/academics-and-scientists-beware-predatory-journal-publishers Agency warning about the practices of predatory publishers taking advantage of the changing publishing...
View ArticleAfter the Post-9/11 GI Bill: A Profile of Military Service Members and...
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016435.pdf Agency warning about the practices of predatory publishers taking advantage of the changing publishing landscape to charge researchers high fees while providing...
View ArticleAd Data
https://www.opensecrets.org/ad-data/ Contains filings on ad buys by political organizations submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by broadcasting organizations around the country. Allows...
View ArticleReferendum Campaign Literature
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7678/CBP-7678.pdf In the wake of complaints about the distribution of misleading information during the Brexit referendum, this paper looks at...
View ArticleNational Do Not Call Registry Data Book FY2016
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/national-do-not-call-registry-data-book-fiscal-year-2016/dnc_data_book_fy_2016_post.pdf As of September 30, 2016 the Do Not Call Registry had grown to...
View ArticleCross-Device Tracking: An FTC Staff Report
https://www.ftc.gov/reports/cross-device-tracking-federal-trade-commission-staff-report-january-2017?utm_source=govdelivery Describes the results of a 2015 workshop including discussions about how...
View ArticleS.J. Res. 34: A Joint Resolution Providing for Congressional Disapproval … of...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/34 One of a series of measures passed by Congress to overturn regulations established during the last year of the Obama...
View ArticleBeyond Nutrition and Organic Labels: 30 Years of Experience With Intervening...
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/85687/err-239.pdf?v=43053 Uses case studies of five food labels to show the economic effects and tradeoffs of a federal role in setting product standards,...
View ArticleDrug Industry: Profits, Research and Development Spending, and Merger and...
https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/688472.pdf Retail prescription drug expenditures have been growing as a percentage of total health care spending. This report traces changes in the financial performance...
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