FDA Defense Of Warning Labels, Ads Is Unconstitutional, Premium Cigar Merchants Say

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 3:08 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government, “[w]hen forced to defend its warnings mandate on premium cigars . . . has to bend the First Amendment beyond recognition,” tobacco makers and retailers contend in a June 4 brief in federal court in the District of Columbia in further support of their motion for summary judgment and permanent junction and opposition to the Food and Drug Administration’s cross-motion for summary judgment (En Fuego Tobacco Shop LLC, et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 18-1797, D. D.C.)....