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Maybe since Dale, actually, who smoked Morleys, the same brand Daryl uses here and a recurring prop-brand used to avoid endorsing or sponsoring a specific brand of cigarettes.
(Of course, they look so much like Marlboros, it’s kind of a wasted effort.)
What’s also worth noting is that Morley’s is a recurring prop in The Tommy Westphall Universe, of which The X-Files is a part. That’s the shared universe containing series like Law & Order, The X-Files and St. Elsewhere, identified by their shared characters by comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie.
…Does that mean The Walking Dead is all happening in the head of an autistic child?