Mealey's ( January 14, 2025, 2:05 PM EST) -- TYLER, Texas — A Texas federal judge on Jan. 13 ordered the effective date of the Food and Drug Administration’s new graphic warnings requirement on tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) postponed pending the outcome of an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to the rule brought by tobacco companies and retailers, which remains pending after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ rejection of their First Amendment arguments....