Philip Morris drops legal challenge to San Francisco law barring tobacco sales in drugstores
By APThursday, October 15, 2009
Philip Morris drops challenge to SF tobacco ban
SAN FRANCISCO — Cigarette maker Philip Morris has dropped its lawsuit challenging San Francisco’s prohibition on tobacco sales at pharmacies.
The announcement Thursday by the San Francisco city attorney’s office follows a federal appeals court ruling denying the company’s request for an injunction that would have kept it from enforcing the year-old law.
A spokesman for Altria Group Inc., parent company of Philip Morris, confirmed the suit had been dropped but had no further comment.
San Francisco officials passed the ban in 2008, noting the health problems associated with tobacco products.
City officials are still defending the law in a separate lawsuit brought by the Walgreens drugstore chain. A Superior Court judge dismissed that case, which is now on appeal.
Tags: California, Government Regulations, Industry Regulation, North America, San Francisco, United States
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October 16, 2009: 8:13 pm
Wow The Big tobacco must have the largest group of atternies ever. Every time I read an article some one is trying to sue them. Or they are fighting some ruling against them. And most people think that this anti smoking ideology is just here in the US. And big Tobaccos real market is overseas. Not true all over the world smoking bans seam to be very popular. The only country to reverse their ban was croatia where it was hurting their economy. |
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