California Urges Supreme Court Not To Delay Voter-Backed Ban On Flavored Tobacco

Mealey's (December 7, 2022, 2:19 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — California on Dec. 6 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny an emergency application filed by tobacco companies and a retailers’ association seeking an injunction barring the state from banning sales of flavored tobacco products, writing that “not a single court has agreed” with the applicants’ argument that the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) preempts such bans and that any delay to the ban “imperils the health of more young people in California with each passing day.”...