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clearfix container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 text-container"> <div class="teaser-date-priority"> <span class="teaser-date"><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">November 26, 2024</span></div></div></div></span> </div> <h2 class="teaser-title"><a href="/releases/25-groups-representing-patients-and-health-care-professionals-urge-us-court-appeals">25 Groups Representing Patients and Health Care Professionals Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Preserve Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Patients</a></h2> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="teaser-link"> <a href="/releases/25-groups-representing-patients-and-health-care-professionals-urge-us-court-appeals" class="btn" aria-label="Read More on 25 Groups Representing Patients and Health Care Professionals Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Preserve Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Patients"> Read More <span class="icon fa fa-arrow-right" aria-hidden="true"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content container"> <div id="views-bootstrap-grid-1" class="views-bootstrap-grid-plugin-style"> <div class="row"> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">November 25, 2024</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/victory-public-health-us-supreme-court-refuses-hear-tobacco-industry%E2%80%99s-challenge-graphic">In Victory for Public Health, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Tobacco Industry’s Challenge to Graphic Cigarette Warnings</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p ><p>In a tremendous victory for public health, <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/112524zor_8m58.pdf">the U.S. Supreme Court</a> today refused to hear a tobacco industry challenge to graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements required under a <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-requires-new-health-warnings-cigarette-packages-and-advertisements">2020 FDA rule</a>.</p> </p></div></div><div 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