SCOTUS Declines To Hear Challenge To Cigarette Graphic Warnings

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday (Nov. 25) to hear a tobacco industry challenge to FDA’s final rule on graphic warnings for cigarette packs and advertisements, marking a major step toward implementation of image-based warnings like those used in many other countries to show the health impacts of smoking. FDA plans to begin enforcing the label requirement in December 2025. The Supreme Court’s decision not to grant certiorari leaves in place a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of...