N.Y. Rule on ‘Gruesome’ Anti-Smoking Ads Struck Down by Judge
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A New York City health regulation requiring the display of anti-smoking ads featuring “graphic, even gruesome images” wherever cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold was struck down by a federal judge.
The regulation, issued in September 2009, is preempted by a federal law that governs cigarette labeling and advertising, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled yesterday.