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Graphic Images On Cigarette Packs Are Unconstitutional Compelled Speech, Judge Says
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Food and Drug Administration's proposed graphic warnings for cigarette packs violate the First Amendment bar against compelled speech, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled Feb. 29 in granting summary judgment... Read More

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Federal Judge Blocks Graphic Cigarette Warnings
Posted on 4 Nov 2011 by Michael Lefkowitz

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Saying graphic new cigarette pack warnings ordered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violate companies' First Amendment rights by compelling speech, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia... Read More

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