Gas labels as compelled speech test

Updated: 2025.09.17 1M ago 1 sources
Colorado passed a law requiring health warnings on gas stoves about indoor air quality, akin to cigarette labels. The appliance industry sued to block it as unconstitutional compelled speech and claims there’s no health link, while companies reportedly scrubbed previous risk acknowledgements from their sites. — The case could set a national precedent on whether states can mandate health warnings for fossil‑fuel appliances, reshaping the boundary between public‑health disclosure and protected commercial speech.

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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings as They Fight Mandatory Health Labels
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Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers’ federal suit against Colorado’s label law (on hold since August 5) and the proposed warning: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.”
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