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Judge allows class action tobacco suit
Sep 24, 2006 | AP
A federal judge on Monday granted class action status to tens of millions of "light cigarette" smokers for a potential $200 billion lawsuit...
Tobacco firms lied to public, judge rules
Aug 17, 2006 | AP
A federal judge ruled today that the nation's top cigarette makers violated racketeering laws, deceiving the public for years about the health...
New Study Finds Light Cigarette Smokers Are Less Likely to Quit, Shows Need for FDA Regulation to Stop Deceptive Tobacco Marketing
Jun 29, 2006 | U.S. Newswire
A new study being published online today by the American Journal of Public Health adds to the evidence that the marketing of light cigarettes has...
Second Huge Punitive Damage Award Allowed to Stand Against Philip Morris in California
Apr 25, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
In a little over a month, Philip Morris has been handed two stunning losses on appeals involving punitive damage awards in California totaling $78...
Report Accuses Cigarette Makers of Intentionally Deceiving Consumers and Regulators Regarding Toxicity of 'Low Tar' Brands
Feb 9, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
It was only last week, in a strongly worded research paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), that a team of highly qualified experts...
Supreme Court of Oregon Upholds $79.5 Million in Punitive Damages against Philip Morris
Feb 3, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
In the ongoing war between those who have suffered the deadly ill-effects of smoking and the tobacco industry, there have been victories and defeats...
Judgment Against Philip Morris Is Upheld
Feb 2, 2006 | AP
The Oregon Supreme Court upheld on Thursday a $79.5 million punitive damages award to the family of an Oregon smoker who died of lung cancer, saying...
Philip Morris Faces Targeted by Federal Lawsuit Seeking Cancer Screenings for Heavy Marlboro Smokers
Jan 21, 2006 | www.Newsinferno.com
A group of heavy Marlboro smokers have filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, claiming Philip...
Despite Big Tobacco's Denial, Critics Claim Flavored Cigarettes Target Kids
Jan 18, 2006 | www.Newsinferno.com
Critics are arguing that flavored cigarettes were specifically designed to make smoking more attractive to children and teenagers. They point...
Vermont Attorney General Sues Reynolds American Inc. for False and Misleading Cigarette Marketing Claims
Jul 28, 2005 | www.newsinferno.com
Claiming that Reynolds American Inc. violated state consumer-protection laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive advertising, the Vermont Attorney...
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