Ad groups praise high court ruling on tobacco regulation
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision barring the U.S. Food & Drug Administration from regulating tobacco finally killed off one of the most broad-reaching government attempts to regulate advertising. But it opens the door for the court to hear further cases on advertising. Attorneys for ad groups, jubilant at the end of a five-year battle against tobacco ad curbs, still said the high court likely would have to consider many of the First Amendment issues raised in the case. The decision could also prompt a major fight in Congress — most likely next year — on whether to write tobacco ad curbs into law… |