In a statement, a lawyer who represents Lorillard, Inc., the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the U.S., said the regulations "violate the First Amendment." "The notion that the government can require those who manufacture a lawful product to emblazon half of its package with pictures and words admittedly drafted to persuade the public not to purchase that product cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny," said Floyd Abrams, a partner in the New York law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
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Almost a dozen municipalities adopted similar measures that year alone, while three, Worcester, Orange, and Peabody, debated the issue without passing regulations