Government Says New Tobacco Warnings Are ‘Necessary’ To Informing Public

Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 10:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Government agencies on Oct. 8 filed a cross-motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, urging the court to reject two tobacco companies’ challenges to the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed new graphic warnings for tobacco products, saying that FDA studies establish that the new warnings better inform the public than existing surgeon general warnings (Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 20-1181, D. D.C.)....