Graphic Cigarette Label Warnings Ruled Illegal

USA Today

The Obama administration's push to require larger and more graphic warning labels on cigarettes, with images of dead or diseased smokers, hit a potentially fatal roadblock Wednesday when a federal judge ruled them unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., who in November issued a temporary injunction against the labels that the Justice Department appealed, ruled that they "violate the First Amendment by unconstitutionally compelling speech." Read More