Penalties for possessing more than 2 and less than 5 kilograms of illicit tobacco include a civil fine of $27,500 Penalties for possessing 5 kilograms or more of illicit tobacco include a criminal penalty such as prison sentence of up to 5 years or a fine between $55,000 and $275,000, or both
In the majority opinion, the appeals court wrote that the case raises "novel questions about the scope of the government's authority to force the manufacturer of a product to go beyond making purely factual and accurate commercial disclosures and undermine its own economic interest - in this case, by making `every single pack of cigarettes in the country (a) mini billboard' for the government's anti-smoking message." The court also wrote that the FDA "has not provided a shred of evidence" showing that the warnings will "directly advance" its interest in reducing the number of Americans who smoke
The name of the intended recipient rings a five-point star and two have an American shield
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., which has 1,070 stores -- 11 in Polk County -- has rolled out a dairy line, pasta, cereal, snacks, peanut butter and a host of other items under its Winn-Dixie label
