West Virginia Code § 16-9A-5

Outdoor billboard advertisements for smokeless tobacco products,
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nuisance affecting public health.
(a) Any outdoor billboard advertisement for snuff and chewing tobacco products must
conspicuously display one of the following statements:
"WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE MOUTH CANCER"
"WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE GUM DISEASE AND TOOTH LOSS"
"WARNING: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO
CIGARETTES"
The warnings shall be rotated every four months by the manufacturer, packager or importer
of snuff and chewing tobacco products in an alternating sequence in the advertisement for
each brand of such tobacco product. Such warning shall appear in the format and type style
prescribed under 15 U.S.C. 1333 (b) (3), as amended.
No other warning, format, or type style in any outdoor billboard advertisement shall be
required by any state or local statute or regulation.
(b) Any outdoor billboard advertisement that does not conform to the provisions of this
section shall be deemed a nuiseance affecting the public health.

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