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The statute that led the federal government to propose new graphic cigarette warning labels is probably headed for the Supreme Court. In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Kentucky upheld much of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Act that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to restrict the marketing and advertising of tobacco products.
Although the Sixth Circuit upheld much of statute, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last month ruled the government's specific execution of graphic warning labels was unconstitutional because it violated free speech under the First Amendment.
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