I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. Are you suggesting that printing text of some kind on cigarettes would have created some kind of Free Speech Clause barrier to regulations on cigarettes? Because I don’t think that’s true.
It was a joke. But trying to get “speech” involved in your product seems like an obvious idea if you want to get some constitutional projection. It just probably wouldn’t work with literally food.
Even outside of food, if there is a regulation that targets the product irrespective of what text is printed on it, printing text on it will not defeat the regulation.
I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. Are you suggesting that printing text of some kind on cigarettes would have created some kind of Free Speech Clause barrier to regulations on cigarettes? Because I don’t think that’s true.
It was a joke. But trying to get “speech” involved in your product seems like an obvious idea if you want to get some constitutional projection. It just probably wouldn’t work with literally food.
Even outside of food, if there is a regulation that targets the product irrespective of what text is printed on it, printing text on it will not defeat the regulation.