Federal Judge Enjoins Philadelphia’s Ban Of Flavored Tobacco Products

Mealey's (November 19, 2020, 12:11 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Nov. 13 granted a motion by a cigar industry association and cigar manufacturers for a preliminary injunction halting the city of Philadelphia from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products as the judge found the ordinance preempted by state law and that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm from the ordinance (Cigar Association Of America Inc., et al. v. Philadelphia, et al., No. 20-3220, E.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212267)....