Smoking gets uglier.

• Position: Australia - Brief article

This summer, a federal judge in the U.S. struck down a law that would have required depictions of diseased lungs, cancer, and other health effects of smoking on cigarette labels. But 10,000 miles away in Australia, a similar law that additionally bans all brand logos will soon take effect. Tobacco companies challenged the law, but Australia's Supreme Court let the law stand. Why the different outcomes? In the U.S., unlike in most of the world, courts have ruled that companies, like people, have constitutional rights like free speech, makinq...