( August 26, 2024, 12:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration and its federal codefendants on Aug. 23 asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an additional month to respond to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by tobacco companies and retailers, who are challenging the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding the Food and Drug Administration’s new graphic warnings requirement on tobacco products as a violation of their free speech rights....