Philadelphia won’t enforce an ordinance against sales of flavored tobacco products and will void any related regulations in an agreement with members of the tobacco industry, after federal trial and appeals courts questioned the measure’s validity.
The consent order, including an injunction, was entered Tuesday by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The companies that sued the city—ITG Cigars Inc., Swedish Match North America LLC, and Swisher International Inc.—were likely to win their argument that Pennsylvania state law preempts the municipal ordinance, the district court said in November 2020 when granting a preliminary injunction.
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