New Hampshire § 146-9 - Section 146:9 False Advertisement.
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§ 146-9. Section 146:9 False Advertisement.
I. An advertisement of food, drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false, if it shall be false or misleading in any particular. Any statement either directly or indirectly implying that the product is recommended or endorsed by any agency of the federal or state government shall be considered misleading, unless the agency concerned has approved the statement prior to its use. II. 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, chloecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia or venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false; except that no advertisement not in violation of paragraph I of this section shall be deemed to be false under this section if it shall be disseminated only to members of the medical, dental or veterinary profession, or shall appear only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices; provided, whenever the commissioner shall agree that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the commissioner shall, by regulation, authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the commissioner may deem necessary in the interests of public health; provided, this section shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for disease other than those named herein is safe or efficacious.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 146-9 ("Section 146:9 False Advertisement.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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