Federal Judge Blocks New Cigarette Labels

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Score one for the tobacco industry. Reuters reports a federal judge has sided with Big Tobacco and blocked graphic new warning labels the federal government wanted to add to a pack of cigarettes.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon sided with tobacco companies and granted a temporary injunction, saying they would likely prevail in their lawsuit challenging U.S. health regulators’ rule as unconstitutional because it compels speech in violation of the First Amendment.

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