City Can’t Ban Flavored Tobacco Products, Companies And Retailers Tell 8th Circuit

Mealey's (November 3, 2020, 12:39 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A group of tobacco manufacturers and retailers in an Oct. 29 brief urge the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court’s dismissal of their challenge to the city of Edina, Minn.’s ban on flavored tobacco products including menthol, arguing that the court erred in finding that the ban does not conflict with federal law and that such bans would “nullify” federal decision-making regarding the sale of tobacco products (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Edina, et al., No. 20-2852, 8th Cir.)....