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Big Tobacco Handed Victory by Manhattan Appeals Court
Apr 14, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Tobacco giants Brown & Williamson Holdings and Philip Morris USA won a huge victory last week when a Manhattan appeals court reversed a...
FDA Tobacco Bill Gains Momentum in Congress
Apr 4, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Tobacco products might soon face regulation by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). A bill granting the FDA jurisdiction to regulate...
Tobacco Co. Funded Lung Cancer Study Elicits Mea Culpa from New England Journal of Medicine
Apr 4, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
After embarrassing disclosures of financial links between the authors of a lung-cancer study and two large companies—General Electric and...
Cigarette Company's "Blood Money" Paid for Important Lung Cancer Study, Critics Say
Mar 26, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
It has turned out that an important lung cancer study was actually funded by a cigarette company. In late 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill...
Philip Morris, Wyeth Want Supreme Court to Enact Lawsuit Shield
Jan 22, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Cigarette makers and drug companies could be shielded from many product liability lawsuits if the US Supreme Court decides to uphold two lower court...
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Linked to Higher Rates of Allergies in Children
Dec 27, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Secondhand smoke exposure is even more dangerous to children than once thought. Although experts have long known that exposure to secondhand...
Secondhand Smoke Damage Seen in Enhanced MRI
Nov 28, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Secondhand smoke can cause lung damage and emphysema is an oft repeated refrain. But doctors lacked a way to prove this as previous detection...
Light Cigarettes Just As Deadly as Regular Versions, and Tobacco Companies Knew It
Nov 13, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Light cigarettes are just as deadly as regular cigarettes, but tobacco companies kept that information to themselves. According to a...
Supreme Court to Rule on Change of Venue in Tobacco Case
Jan 15, 2007 | NewsInferno.com
In a significant turn of events, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in a case that may determine whether tobacco companies can be sued...
Low-tar cigarettes don't reduce cancer chances
Nov 14, 2006 | www.azcentral.com
The myth: Low-tar cigarettes are less hazardous to your health than regular cigarettes. The truth: Low-tar cigarettes, often labeled...
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