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Tobacco companies take federal government to court

This week four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They say new graphic warnings on cigarette packets violate their first amendment right to free speech. University of Florida professor and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communications Clay Calvert spoke to Florida's 89.1 WUFT-FM's Paula Cunniffe about the competing interests in this lawsuit between free speech and protecting citizens from the harm of smoking cigarettes.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/CALVERTQANDA.mp3

Paula is a reporter for WUFT News who may be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news @wuft.org