A divided federal appeals court on August 24 struck down as unconstitutional proposed graphic warning labels that government officials wanted to slap on cigarette packs to deter smoking.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit voted 2-1 against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration graphic labels that tobacco companies assailed and public health groups heralded. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other companies sued the government in Washington’s federal trial court to block enforcement of the FDA label rules.
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