According to a report from Bloomberg Law, the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that federal law does not prohibit the city of Edina, Minnesota from banning flavored electronic cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, and other flavored tobacco products.
It has been reported that the lawsuit in Minnesota is still being brought by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and related companies.
Previously, 2FIRSTS reported that three subsidiaries of Renault USA had requested the US Supreme Court to overturn the flavor ban instituted by Los Angeles County, but their request was denied. The aforementioned courts believed that the tobacco product ban in localities within the United States is in accordance with federal constitutional law.
These two verdicts once again confirm the current attitude of the United States towards flavored e-cigarettes. The common law system in the United States places great value on previous court precedents, and the two lawsuits lost by Reynolds American will serve as a reference for similar lawsuits.
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The Eighth Circuit court has upheld a flavor ban in a city in Minnesota.
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