5th Circuit Reverses Vacatur Of New Graphic Warnings For Tobacco Products

( March 22, 2024, 3:45 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals panel on March 21 reversed the vacatur of Food and Drug Administration graphic warnings requirement for tobacco products, writing that the warnings depicting lesser-known health risks of tobacco use “survive constitutional muster against the First Amendment challenge” brought by tobacco companies and remanding the case. . . .