August 22, 2006
100,000 or More Lawsuits to be Filed Against Big Tobacco
Posted at August 22, 2006 10:36 AM in Cigarettes / Tobacco
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Victims of big tobacco will finally get their day in court after a US District Judge ruled yesterday that the cigarette manufacturers have conspired to withhold the deadly effects and addictive qualities of tobacco from the public. The ruling found Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, British American Tobacco, and Lorillard Tobacco guilty of misleading the public about tobacco's adverse health effects.
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