R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. United States Food And Drug Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS No. 6:20-cv-00176 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs challenge an FDA rule that requires cigarette pack- aging and advertising to bear health warnings that have both graphical and textual components. Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements,

85 Fed. Reg. 15,638

(Mar. 18, 2020). Plaintiffs raise the following claims: (1) the warnings go beyond purely factual, uncontroversial mat- ters of the sort that the First…