December 07, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cannot enforce a rule requiring tobacco companies to add graphic warning labels to cigarette packs, a Texas federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying the rule grates against tobacco companies' First Amendment rights.
November 23, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it is encouraging companies to submit plans showing how they will comply with a contested rule requiring graphic health risk warnings about smoking on cigarette packages and advertisements ahead of an upcoming deadline.
August 10, 2022
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday delayed for the eighth time the effective date of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new rule requiring tobacco companies to put graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, kicking the compliance deadline that was initially set for June 2021 to Oct. 6, 2023.
March 02, 2021
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday delayed for a third time the effective date of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new rule requiring tobacco companies to put graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, kicking the compliance deadline that was initially set for this June to April 14, 2022.
December 11, 2020
Counsel for tobacco companies told a Texas federal judge Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new requirement for graphic warning labels on cigarette packs violates the First Amendment in "unprecedented and egregious" ways and the government can't justify the imposition on free speech.
December 02, 2020
A Texas federal court Wednesday further postponed the effective date of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new requirement for graphic warning labels on cigarette packs to 2022, siding with Big Tobacco, which argued that questions over the validity of the rule still remain unanswered.
November 23, 2020
Big Tobacco on Monday asked a Texas federal court to further postpone the effective date of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new requirement for graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, saying questions over the validity of the rule still remain unanswered.
September 09, 2020
A Texas convenience store operator doesn't have standing to pursue a lawsuit alongside Big Tobacco over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's requirement for graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, so the case should be tossed or transferred to Washington, D.C., the government told a Texas federal judge Wednesday.
July 06, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scorching a legal challenge from major tobacco companies over new visual warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements, telling a Texas federal judge that the lawsuit blithely downplays concerns about lesser-known smoking risks, such as amputations.
May 06, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and major tobacco companies asked a Texas federal judge on Wednesday to delay the agency's new requirement for graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, which Big Tobacco is suing to block, because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.