US - Federal: The American Medical Association (AMA), together with other health groups, has
added individual parties as plaintiffs to its
lawsuit against federal agencies the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Tobacco Products, together with some individual officers of these agencies. The lawsuit aims to prompt the FDA to issue a final rule that would ban menthol cigarettes. Newly added plaintiffs are “African American adult[s] addicted to menthol cigarettes, or else formerly addicted to menthol cigarettes”. The reason for amending the complaint is procedural, due to a recent US Supreme Court ruling, which established when advocacy groups or medical associations wouldn’t have standing to sue. The health organisations added individuals as plaintiffs to make sure standing isn’t a procedural issue and the case is not dismissed.