Thursday, September 15, 2011

Legal Action Over FDA by US Cigarette Companies

Lorillard Tobacco, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco, Commonwealth Brands, Liggett Group and, RJ
Reynolds Tobacco
are the five companies that are involved in common lawsuit filed against, US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

All these listed major cigarette companies say that, the lawsuit has been filed against Food and Drug Administration (FDA), because the new graphic warning labels will be essential on the cigarette packets only from September 2012 onwards. The suit was filed to holdup the challenges to reinforce the upcoming new law.

In the list of complaint approximately adds 41 pages, which include saying, the newly designed
label would unlawfully force the cigarette manufactures to make their customers miserable, discouraged and terrified before purchasing their product. They are also asking Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to come-up with simple and effective uncontroversial warnings label rather then to make the cigarette pack a public notice for anti-smoking campaign by government.

All the major cigarette companies are arguing over the new law, because it is violating the constitutional right of every citizen of free speech. In the new law government wants the Cigarette companies to endorse their anti-smoking note on the pack. All the major tobacco companies have joint their hands to fight against this graphic label warning, as it is violating their freedom of speech.

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