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Tobacco companies scored a major victory in court Monday, when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Food and Drug Administration from requiring graphic new warnings on all cigarrette and tobacco packages and advertising.
In a 29-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote that "the plaintiffs have demonstrated a substantial likelihood that they will prevail on the merits of their position that these mandatory graphic images unconstitutionally compel speech, and that they will suffer irreperable harm absent injunctive relief pending a judicial review of the constitutionality of the FDA's rule."
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