FDA Tobacco Regulation Bill Tramples Free Speech, Advertisers Say

Advertisers are objecting to the bill that would subject the tobacco industry to FDA regulation, saying that its restrictions on tobacco advertising would violate the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down tobacco advertising restrictions in Lorillard Tobacco v. Reilly (2001).

They also claim that it would set a bad precedent for advertising restrictions in other industries.

There are many other objections to the bill, such as the fact that it would make it harder to sell smokeless tobacco to cigarette smokers, even though smokeless tobacco is less dangerous than cigarettes and less likely to cause cancer.