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by ceejayoz 1699 days ago
Nah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Cigarette_Smokin...

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You appear to be ignorant of Thompson v. Western States Medical Center.

https://www.justice.gov/osg/brief/thompson-v-western-states-...

You seem to have linked to the wrong document. You linked to the appellant's petition for the Supreme Court to hear the appeal. The actual decision from the Court does not seem to be particularly supportive of anything you are claiming or insinuating. In particular, the Court's decision in that case reaffirmed that "Although commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment, not all regulation of such speech is unconstitutional." Your broad, blanket statement that ads for legal products cannot be restricted without a constitutional amendment is directly contradicted by the Court's rulings.