FDA's New Cigarette Warning Labels Ruled Unconstitutional

Labeling went beyond factual and neutral warnings

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The federal government is going to have to find another way to scare smokers. A federal district court judge yesterday ruled unconstitutional the 36 graphic cigarette warning labels that manufacturers would have been forced to place on the top half of the front and back of all cigarette packages.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; Liggett Group LLC; and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. filed a suit charging that the Food and Drug Administration's new mandatory warnings violated the First Amendment because they went beyond factual and neutral disclosures.

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