Mealey's (November 15, 2022, 11:59 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — Tobacco companies and a retailers’ association on Nov. 14 filed a joint motion with the California attorney general and San Diego County district attorney asking a California federal court to enter an order denying the tobacco companies’ motion for a preliminary injunction so they may immediately appeal a statewide ban of sales of flavored tobacco products to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....