Tennessee Statutes
§ 53-1-113 — False advertising
Tennessee § 53-1-113
JurisdictionTennessee
Title53
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-1-113 (2026).
Text
(a)An advertisement of a food, drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.
(b)For the purpose of this chapter, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholocystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis, prostate gland disorder, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, or venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false; provided,
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Legislative History
Acts 1941, ch. 120, § 20; C. Supp. 1950, § 6580.20; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-120.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 53-1-101
Administration - Short title§ 53-1-102
Chapter definitions§ 53-1-103
Prohibited acts - Penalties - Exceptions§ 53-1-104
Food deemed adulterated§ 53-1-105
Food deemed misbranded§ 53-1-108
Drugs or devices deemed adulterated§ 53-1-110
Sale of new drugs§ 53-1-111
Cosmetics deemed adulterated§ 53-1-112
Cosmetics deemed misbranded§ 53-1-113
False advertising§ 53-1-114
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 53-1-113, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/53-1-113.