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RJR, Other Tobacco Companies Go to Court to Evade Regulation by FDA
September 1, 2009he following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: "Today's announcement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Lorillard Inc. and other tobacco manufacturers that they have filed suit to overturn portions of the recently passed FDA tobacco legislation is not unexpected. The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, seeks to overturn portions the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which deal with advertising, marketing and labeling of tobacco products." Full release.