Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on July 13 denied a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by tobacco companies to halt enforcement of Los Angeles County’s ban on flavored tobacco products after finding that federal regulations governing tobacco products do not preempt the county from enacting a ban on flavors as such a ban does not constitute a new “tobacco products standard” (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Los Angeles, et al., No. 20-4880, C.D. Calif.)....