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`No. 6:20-cv-00176
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`R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company et al.,
`Plaintiffs,
`v.
`United States Food and Drug Administration et al.,
`Defendants.
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`ORDER
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`For the reasons stated in the court’s order (Doc. 33) post-
`poning the effective date of the challenged rule1 and the fur-
`ther equitable reasons given in plaintiffs’ motion for an exten-
`sion of that relief, plaintiffs’ motion (Doc. 86) is granted. The
`court orders that the effective date of the rule is postponed for
`an additional 90 days, until April 14, 2022. Any obligation to
`comply with the Tobacco Control Act’s warning require-
`ments, 5 U.S.C. § 1333(a)(1) and (b)(1), and the additional re-
`quirements in 21 U.S.C. §§ 387c(a)(2) and 387t(a), is also post-
`poned for an additional 90 days, as is any other obligation to
`comply with a deadline tied to the effective date of the rule.
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`So ordered by the court on March 2, 2021.
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`J. CAMPBELL BARKER
`United States District Judge
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`1 Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Ad-
`vertisements, 85 Fed. Reg. 15,638 (Mar. 18, 2020).
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