Free speech for tobacco companies, or truth in advertising?

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A federal judge in Kentucky earlier this week overturned two of the marketing restrictions in the new federal tobacco law, including a ban on color and graphics in most tobacco advertising. Several tobacco makers sued in August to block the restrictions, claiming the law blocked their free speech rights.

Here is columnist David Lazarus’ take on the issue.