More on the Tobacco Industry's Suit Against the Government to Nix the FDA's New Package Labels

Last June, we told you about the new graphic tobacco package labels slated to go into effect in November 2012. One of those labels is pictured to the right. After that, we told you about Big Tobacco's suit claiming that requiring the companies to display the government's labels violates the First Amendment. The tobacco companies are seeking a preliminary injunction against the labeling requirement. Here's a story about today's preliminary injunction hearing held in federal district court in Washington, D.C.