( November 25, 2024, 1:18 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 25 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by tobacco companies and retailers opposing a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding the Food and Drug Administration’s new graphic warnings requirement on tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act (TCA). The petitioners’ challenge to the warnings in lower courts on administrative grounds remains pending....