Cigarette Warning Labels

Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Are Constitutional, U.S. Court Rules

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

* Appeals court OKs FDA rule requiring graphic warnings * Decision conflicts with district court ruling * Cases could en...

Obama Administration Appeals Cigarette Warning Labels Decision

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

* Labels had required graphic images on ads, packages * Judge had found label requirement unconstitutional WASHINGTON, M...

Judge Blocks Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

AP | By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 04.30.2012

RICHMOND, Va. -- A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images o...

Cigarette Perfidy

Edward Flattau | Posted 01.15.2012

Edward Flattau

In granting tobacco companies a delay in complying with a government order to put graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs, Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon sought mightily to make a case for industry. His problem -- industry doesn't have a case.

Judge Blocks Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 01.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images includin...

Tobacco Companies Sue Federal Government Over Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

AP/The Huffington Post | JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 10.16.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Associated Press)-- Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday over new graphic cigarette lab...

EXCLUSIVE: Maher's New Rule For Cigarette Warning Labels

Posted 08.29.2011

Bill Maher is back with another new rule, and this time it applies to cigarette warning labels. Specifically, Maher begs the question: who is protecti...

When Cigarette Warnings Backfire

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.21.2011

Art Markman, Ph.D.

The idea behind the new cigarette warnings is that if people really knew what cigarettes can do to them, they would not smoke. Unfortunately, there is good reason to believe that these warnings will not have the desired effect.

PHOTOS: Rejected Cigarette Warning Labels

Posted 08.21.2011

The FDA just released designs for new cigarette warning labels and they're pretty shocking. However, there were a lot of rejected concepts, some o...

Deepak Chopra On How To Quit Smoking (VIDEO)

Posted 08.21.2011

Today, the FDA released a new set of graphic cigarette labels depicting the health effects of smoking, including a diseased set of lungs and decaying ...

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: New Cigarette Warnings Released

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.20.2011

The Food and Drug Administration released nine new graphic warnings for cigarette packages today -- the first new labels in more than two decades. The...

Cigarette Warning Labels Around The World (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The FDA proposed new, graphic warnings for cigarettes today, following a global trend of shocking imagery designed to dissuade smoking. About 20.6 per...

Feds Propose More Graphic Warning Labels On Cigarette Packs

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

RICHMOND, Va. — Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs are among the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels...