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FTC.gov - Taking the "Bait" Out of Rebates
Advice that helps consumers successfully process and submit rebates.
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Category: Home > Homemaking > Frugality > Refunds or Rebates
Information on how not to get scammed from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Category: Reference > Education > Colleges and Universities > Financial Aid > Scholarships
Tobacco: FTC Reports and Comments
Although FTC site, much content furnished from other sources (public input, expert analysis); covers "light" cigarettes and tar numbers, spit tobacco, analysis of tobacco industry claims.
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Category: Health > Specific Substances > Tobacco > Resources
FTC: Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products - Public Comments
Letters from the American Lung Association, American Medical Association, and dozens of other health organizations regarding FTC's role in reporting and analysis of tobacco products.
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Category: Health > Specific Substances > Tobacco > Resources
An all-time high of $170 million was spent advertising and promoting spit tobacco in 1999; FTC report breaks it down.
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Category: Health > Specific Substances > Tobacco > Effects > By Source of Exposure > Smokeless Tobacco
Comments to FTC on Smokeless Tobacco
Collection of letters and documents submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding spit tobacco; covers policy questions, labelling, harm reduction, addiction, ingredients, and effects.
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Category: Health > Specific Substances > Tobacco > Effects > By Source of Exposure > Smokeless Tobacco
Spit Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Increasing
2003 FTC report finds that the spit tobacco industry has spent more promoting its product every year since 1987.
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Category: Health > Specific Substances > Tobacco > Effects > By Source of Exposure > Smokeless Tobacco
FTC Stops Allegedly Misleading Representations
Information about actions against two laser eye surgery chains for unsubstantiated advertising claims.
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Category: Health > Medicine > Medical Specialties > Ophthalmology > Refractive Correction > LASIK
Weighing the Evidence in Diet Ads
Article from the FTC explaining different types of false and misleading claims commonly made in weight loss ads.
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Category: Health > Weight Loss > Articles
Report to the FDA featuring background information and scientific evidence on trans fatty acids.
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FTC finds Ruta Lee's Vitamin C and stop-smoking ads were deceptive
Television personality Ruta Lee agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims she made for three vitamin sprays and a stop-smoking spray were unsubstantiated.
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Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act
Full text of the United States national identity theft law.
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Category: Society > Crime > Theft > Identity Theft
ID Theft: When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name
Tips from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Category: Society > Crime > Theft > Identity Theft
Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud.
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Category: Society > Issues > Health > Fraud
A list of online fact sheets on selected topics for which the Federal Trade Commission has had to address consumer complaints regarding fraud. Some are available in Spanish.
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Category: Society > Issues > Health > Fraud