8th Circuit Upholds Minnesota City’s Ban Of Flavored Tobacco Products

Mealey's (February 28, 2023, 1:47 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — Despite finding the language of federal legislation regulating tobacco sales “ambiguous,” an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 27 affirmed a Minnesota city’s ordinance banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products as an exercise of the “traditional state police powers,” rejecting arguments by tobacco companies and retailers that the ban is preempted by federal regulation....

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