"Cigarettes / Tobacco" archive
Tuesday 26 September
- New Twist in Tobacco Cases (13:26) - When federal judge Jack Weinstein ruled yesterday that he had found substantial evidence that the so-called light cigarettes were just as dangerous as regular cigarettes and the manufacturers knew it, it opened a potential flood gate of litigants. That's why... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 20 September
- Big Tobacco and Big Oil Make Strange Bedfellows (08:24) - As the 2006 election season heats up, two of the largest industries in the country are pouring millions of dollars into campaigns to keep their corporate profits rolling. A recent San Francisco Chronicle article on big tobacco, the author states... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 23 August
- Judges Ruling Causes Marketing Problems for Big Tobacco (06:35) - Now that U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's ruling makes it more difficult for big tobacco companies to market their deadly products in an overtly deceptive fashion, their marketing gurus will have to come up with new ways to keep smokers... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 22 August
- 100,000 or More Lawsuits to be Filed Against Big Tobacco (10:36) - 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... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Big Tobacco Better Exhale (10:29) - A US District Judge ruled yesterday that big tobacco companies conspired for years to hide the deadly effects of cigarette smoke from the public. This isn't suprising to most of us who've followed these battles. However, it will most likely... | 0 Trackbacks
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