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Philip Morris Must Pay $10.1BN In 'Lights' Case
Mar 23, 2003 | FT.COM
Philip Morris was on Friday ordered to pay $10.1bn damages by a judge who ruled that the world's biggest cigarette maker had deceived smokers into...
Philip Morris Ordered To Pay $10.1 Bil. In Light Cigarette Suit
Mar 23, 2003 | AP
A judge Friday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $10.1 billion for misleading smokers into believing its light cigarettes are less...
Philip Morris Case Brings Threat of Fresh Suits
Mar 23, 2003 | FT.COM
The tobacco industry is bracing itself for a series of lawsuits claiming companies misled smokers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer than...
Philip Morris Gets Hit With $10.1 Billion Award
Mar 21, 2003 | www.thestreet.com
Philip Morris has been ordered to pay a $10.1 billion judgment in a class-action case brought by smokers who claim they were deceived by claims that...
"Light" Cigarette Case Is A Milestone
Mar 8, 2003 | Post-Dispatch
Lawyers in a class-action case against tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA will ask a Madison County judge on Monday to assess at least $21...
Experts Say Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Just A Ploy
Mar 3, 2003 | The Gloucester County Times
The Vector Group is on a mission to provide smokers with nicotine content alternatives, though experts contend the company is just blowing smoke....
Suit Accuses Philip Morris of Deception
Jan 27, 2003 | AP
Sharon Price switched from smoking regular cigarettes to brands labeled "light" when she was pregnant in the 1970s. "I knew the better choice was to...
Company Sued For Maketing 'Light' Smokes As Healthier
Jan 27, 2003 | AP
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Philip Morris Co., maker of Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights cigarettes, in which the plaintiffs...
Philip Morris Increased Toxicity Levels In Cigarettes Marketed As 'Light' To Keep Market Share
Jan 23, 2003 | PR Newswire
A former Philip Morris research director testified today in the first consumer fraud class action case on light cigarettes to be tried in the nation...
Cigarettes Deliver More Tar
Jan 23, 2003 | Belleville News-Democrat
Light cigarettes marketed by Phillip Morris Tobacco Inc. actually delivered higher levels of cancer-causing tar and nicotine, a former scientist for...
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