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On October 16, 2024, the Oregon Court of Appeals in Bates v. Oregon Health Authority made a significant ruling by overturning a law restricting the packaging of e-cigarette and cannabis products on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.

The law in question, ORS. 431A.175(2)(f), prohibited an “inhalant