If you├óΓé¼Γäóve bought cigarettes in NY recently (and let├óΓé¼Γäós hope you haven├óΓé¼Γäót), then you probably noticed images of diseased lungs and decaying teeth in the store — they├óΓé¼Γäóre a part of a NY anti-tobacco campaign.
Regardless of whether or not this campaign was working, it will no longer be allowed to take place after a judge struck it down, saying that only the federal government can dictate warnings to accompany the promotion of cigarettes.
Said the judge:
“Even merchants of morbidity are entitled to the full protection of the law, for our sake as well as theirs.”
Wonder if it would have done any good.
Jan 03, 2011 10:30am PDT
