PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A city's ban on cigarette discount coupons and restrictions on the sale of certain flavored tobacco products violates the companies' First Amendment rights and state law and is preempted by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA) of 2009, the companies say in an April 23 brief in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (National Association of Tobacco Outlets v. City of Providence, No. 13-1053, 1st Cir.; See January 2013, Page 11)....(read more)![]()
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