Successful appeal of cigarette labels could end up in U.S. Supreme Court
Story Date: 12/6/2012

 
Source:  Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 12/5/12

The legality of placing graphic warnings on cigarette packages appears even more likely to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court reaffirmed today that the labels violate tobacco companies' free-speech rights under the First Amendment.

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