Two of the three judges on a federal appeals court panel signalled a decision by Judge Gladys Kessler requiring product warnings admitting deliberate deception by tobacco companies may have gone too far, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Philip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco and Lorillard Tobacco since 2012 have been contesting proposed content of advertising warnings that include admissions of intentional deception by the cigarette makers. US District Court Judge Kessler ruled the admissions are to be included on packaging, company websites, and in paid statements distributed via various media.
Hesitation on the part of the panel in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit could produce an order to rewrite the warnings, which would further delay resolution of a dispute initially ruled on in 2006, the newspaper said on its website.