Activist Judge Backs Big Tobacco

[mrjarrell]

And protects their right to free speech. This is one of those times that slapping down the congress and FDA makes a lot of sense. Those pictures were nothing but a horror show that wasn't going to do anything to change smokers, it was just going to impinge on the companies rights to market a legal product.

UPDATE 2-U.S. judge blocks graphic cigarette warnings | Reuters

 

[Kagnew]

And protects their right to free speech. This is one of those times that slapping down the congress and FDA makes a lot of sense. Those pictures were nothing but a horror show that wasn't going to do anything to change smokers, it was just going to impinge on the companies rights to market a legal product.

UPDATE 2-U.S. judge blocks graphic cigarette warnings | Reuters

I'll be damned. We agree on something, after all!

 

[MAJB Retired]

If it's a hazard to heath, make it illegal or just LITFA!

 

[Bunnykid68]

Good ruling. Just because I choose to smoke I should not be forced to look at crap like they wanted to put on those packs.

What would have been next? Pics of obese people on a Big Mac wrapper

Car wreck fatalities on beer boxes?

 

[RockofStrength]

Good ruling. Just because I choose to smoke I should not be forced to look at crap like they wanted to put on those packs.

What would have been next? Pics of obese people on a Big Mac wrapper

Car wreck fatalities on beer boxes?

People burning alive on wine bottles?

 

[rambone]

Good. We don't need Federal nannies putting pictures of corpses on everything that is bad for us.

 

[Kagnew]

Good. We don't need Federal nannies putting pictures of corpses on everything that is bad for us.

 

[printcraft]

What would have been next? Pics of obese people on a Big Mac wrapper

Car wreck fatalities on beer boxes?

Yes.

The Nanny State could not and can not wait to get behind that idea.