Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 7, 2011
Tags: cigarette packages, first amendment, food and drug administration, graphic labels, health, health risks, judge richard leon, justice department, liggett group, lorillard tobacco, r.j reynolds, smoking, tobacco companies

WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that it’s likely the cigarette makers will succeed in a lawsuit to block the requirement. He stopped [...]