Cartons of cigarettes sold in the US could soon be plastered with 11 images depicting the harms of smoking, including amputated limbs and neck tumors. Tobacco companies had argued that mandating the warnings - which have been commonplace in the UK and Europe for years - violated their free speech rights because the images, according to the manufacturers, misrepresented the harms of smoking.But the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the government, saying the images - including amputated toes and rotten lungs - were ‘both factual and uncontroversial.’
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