Action Review: First Quarter 2021

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Another Legal Blow to Big Tobacco

On March 29, 2021, Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for Southern California dashed the hopes of R.J. Reynolds and other plaintiffs seeking to overturn San Diego’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. In a sometimes tersely-worded decision, Judge Sammartino denied the plaintiff’s complaints and granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.

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