Jessica Miller | February 3, 2012
The federal government fought an uphill battle Wednesday to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies. Cigarette makers told U.S. District Judge Richard Leon at a hearing that they can’t be forced to spread the government’s anti-smoking advocacy with “massive, shocking, gruesome warnings” on products they legally sell. Attorneys for the Obama administration countered that the photos of dead and diseased smokers it wants on all cigarette packs are “factually uncontroverted.”
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Jessica Miller | September 22, 2011
A federal judge peppered a government lawyer with questions Wednesday expressing doubts about whether the Food and Drug Administration can force tobacco companies to post graphic images on their cigarette packages showing the health effects of smoking Richmond cigarettes.
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Jessica Miller | September 19, 2011
The Gillard fearing that old cigarette warnings no longer have a shock value, unveiled new images of a urine bag over a hole in the abdomen, a limb lost to gangrene and more, which tobacco manufacturers will have to use after the plain packaging laws go into effect next July.
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Jessica Miller | August 24, 2011
A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a September hearing on the tobacco industry’s request to block Food and Drug Administration requirements for new graphic labels and advertising that warn consumers about the risks of Camel cigarettes smoking.
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Jessica Miller | August 17, 2011
Cigarette packs could get a lot uglier in America very soon, depending on the results of a lawsuit filed against the FDA. A group of five companies have teamed up to try and delay the implementation of a plan to slap warnings on Viceroy cigarette packages advising consumers of some of the major health risks associated with smoking, BBC News reports.
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