SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a state law that restricts the packaging of vape pens and e-cigarettes from featuring images of cartoons, celebrities, foods or descriptive words for flavors that were likely to appeal to minors. An amendment to the Oregon Constitution prohibits laws that “restrict the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever,” and the state could not show a connection between such packaging and actual harms to minors.
Read the ruling here.
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