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US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit deals painful blow to FDA, public health and consumers
this Court’s logic, the small Surgeon General textual warnings might also violate the cigarette companies’ rights to commercial free speech because there is inadequate scientific proof that those labels reduce smoking rates.
Aug 24, 2012
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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Aug 24, 2012 15:49
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DC Circ. Finds Tobacco Graphic Warnings Unconstitutional ($$)
A three-judge panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that the FDA did not present any data to the court that demonstrated the warnings would reduce smoking rates, the agency's stated goal for the initiative.
Aug 24, 2012
Law360
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Aug 24, 2012 15:47
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RJR v. FDA (PDF)
The First Amendment requires the government not only to state a substantial interest justifying a regulation on commercial speech, but also to show that its regulation directly advances that goal. FDA failed to present any data—much less the substantial e
Aug 24, 2012
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
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Aug 24, 2012 15:08
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Federal court smacks down new tobacco labels
The FDA, Judge Brown writes, “offers no evidence showing that such warnings have directly caused a material decrease in smoking rates.”
Aug 24, 2012
The Washington Post
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Aug 24, 2012 15:05
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Sector Snap: Court ruling boosts cigarette makers
Shares of tobacco companies traded higher Friday after a federal appeals court ruled in the industry's favor, blocking the Food and Drug Administration requiring large, graphic health warnings about the risks of smoking on cigarette packages.
Aug 24, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Aug 24, 2012 15:03
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Court Ruling Against Cigarette Warnings is Wrong on the Science and Law and Should be Appealed
The Justice Department should quickly appeal today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that struck down the large, graphic cigarette warnings required by the landmark 2009 law giving the FDA authority over tobacco products. Today's
Aug 24, 2012
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Aug 24, 2012 15:02
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UPDATE 3-U.S. court strikes down graphic warnings on cigarettes
* Appeals court says law violates corporate speech rights * Supreme Court may have to weigh in on divergent rulings
Aug 24, 2012
Reuters
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Aug 24, 2012 15:00
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Court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a decision barring the federal government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people.
Aug 24, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Aug 24, 2012 14:57
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D.C. Circuit: Cigarette Graphic Warning Labels Violate First Amendment
A divided federal appeals court today struck down as unconstitutional proposed graphic warning labels that government officials wanted to slap on cigarette packs to deter smoking.
Aug 24, 2012
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Aug 24, 2012 14:48
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U.S. Appeals Court Backs Ruling Against Graphic Images on Cigarette Packs
Decision finds requirement would violate free speech; makes Supreme Court decision likely
Aug 24, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Aug 24, 2012 14:47