Mealey's (March 22, 2023, 4:40 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by tobacco companies and a retailers’ association against the California attorney general and San Diego County district attorney challenging a statewide ban of sales of flavored tobacco products, finding that the ban does not violate the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution and that the plaintiffs’ preemption argument is moot under Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent....