The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a First Amendment challenge brought by tobacco companies against federally mandated graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld the regulations.

R.J. Reynolds, ITG Brands, Liggett, and other tobacco companies had argued that the Food and Drug Administration‘s requirement to include visually disturbing health warnings violated their constitutional rights by forcing them to promote the government’s antismoking message.