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Light Cigarettes
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
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Claiming that Reynolds American Inc. violated state consumer-protection laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive advertising, the Vermont Attorney...
Many Smokers Remain Misinformed as to the Significant Health Risks Posed By So-Called “Less Harmful” Cigarettes
Jul 23, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
A new study conducted at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, and published in the August issue of the American Journal of...
AS 700,000 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS JOIN TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORTS, EVIDENCE SURFACES THAT CIGARETTE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED WOMEN
Jun 1, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
As part of this year’s World No Tobacco Day (5/31/05), where the theme was "Health Professionals against Tobacco," the Pan American...
Tobacco Companies Used Psychological Means To Deliberately Target Women
May 31, 2005
| Women's Health News
Health researchers have revealed this week that tobacco companies specifically designed cigarettes to appeal to women's desires to be thin and...
Study: Tobacco Cos. Wooed Female Smokers
May 31, 2005
| AP
Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavored...
Light Cigarettes - Deadly Despite The Name
Feb 23, 2005
| www.smh.com.au
Next time you hear a smoker ask a shopkeeper for the "mild" brand, reflect on what that smoker thinks he or she is getting. The competition tsar the...
Mo. Family Awarded $20M In Tobacco Suit
Feb 3, 2005
| AP
A jury has awarded the family of a woman who smoked for nearly 50 years more than $20 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of Kool...
First Individual Award Against Big Tobacco In Arkansas Is Upheld
Jan 8, 2005
The first jury award in Arkansas for an individual against a tobacco company, for $9 million, has been upheld.Henry Boerner, 74, said he and his...
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