# CV-SB-11 · “non-habit forming”

Source: https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-11/

Claims Verified standard CV-SB-11: “non-habit forming”, Medium. The rule, the authority behind it, and the line to cite it by. Standards version v1.4.1.

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CV-SB-11 · standards v1.4.1

# “non-habit forming”

Medium Substantiation 1 of 109 standards

Implies comparison to a class of habit-forming drugs, which is what makes it an implied drug claim rather than a safety claim.

## How often we find it

Found on **106** of the 2,243 best-selling listings we have ruled, 127 times in total. That is 106 live product pages carrying this wording today.

## What this standard rests on

**FDA · US · statute**

[FDCA s.201(g)(1)(B), 21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)(B)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/321)

“definition of 'drug': articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

**FTC · US · statute**

[FTC Act s.5(a), 15 U.S.C. 45(a)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/45)

“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

## What kind of finding this is

An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.

## Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-SB-11 "non-habit forming", standards v1.4.1, retrieved 06 November 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-11/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "non-habit forming" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-SB-11 (standards v1.4.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-11/

Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at [/standards/registry.json](https://claimsverified.org/standards/registry.json). Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.

## Others in Substantiation

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