Amicus Groups Defend FDA’s Graphic Warnings For Tobacco Products As Constitutional

Mealey's (July 20, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — Two public health advocacy organizations in separate amicus briefs filed July 17 in a Texas federal court assert that the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed new graphic warnings for tobacco products depicting lesser-known consequences of tobacco use are factual and uncontroversial and, therefore, constitutional despite arguments made by tobacco manufacturers and retailers that the warnings are intended to shock and disgust consumers (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 20-176, E.D. Texas)....