Open AccessSmoking and the First Amendment
Author(s) -
Kevin Outterson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp1113011
Subject(s) - supreme court , medicine , battle , law , first amendment , smoking prevention , tobacco control , legislation , smoking cessation , political science , public health , pathology , archaeology , nursing , history
On November 7, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction blocking some key provisions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as unconstitutional restrictions on commercial speech. The battle may end up in the Supreme Court.
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