“Soon after California passed the flavor ban legislation, on October 9, 2020, a group of tobacco manufacturers and retailers (Plaintiffs) sued the State in federal court seeking to invalidate the law. They will be irreparably harmed because the California law is unconstitutional and will cause them substantial financial losses. On November 12, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) responded with a brief in opposition to Plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction. The AG argued, in part, that: The balance of equities does not support the extraordinary remedy of issuing a preliminary injunction because, in part, nothing in the new California law prevents Plaintiffs from making or marketing their products in other jurisdictions or from selling non-flavored products. Given that we have seen permanent, state level flavor bans or restrictions in only five states, early litigation in states like California could provide a roadmap for Attorneys General in states that may take similar action in the future.”
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California Attorney General Continues Fight to Ban Flavored Tobacco Products
“A coalition representing the tobacco industry said Tuesday it has turned in more than 1 million signatures as it seeks to qualify a referendum for the November 2022 ballot aimed at overturning a law banning the retail sale of flavored tobacco products in California. If the Secretary of State’s office determines there is a sufficient number of signatures to qualify the referendum, the new law, which was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, would be suspended until the voters act on the ballot measure in November 2022.”
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Tobacco industry submits signatures on California referendum to block ban on flavored products sales
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