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  • “I am absolutely persuaded there was a passion in this verdict that resulted in an excessive verdict . . . From the moment I read the verdict and took a deep breath, I have considered that verdict and what I should do.”
    Broward County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld, on the size of the Naugle/Engle award of Nov. 2009.
    » Smoker's $300 Million Award to Be Overturned, Law.com (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)
  • “Respecting Choices”
    BAT project to create smoking sections, implemented in many countries worldwide . . . it sez here . . .
    » BAT Egypt, Egyptian Hotel Association sign public place smoking MoU, Zawya.com (ae) (Friday, February 5, 2010)
  • “As a responsible tobacco company, we believe in working with different entities - whether private or government - to ensure that only consenting adult smokers are exposed to tobacco products. We are delighted to have been able to partner with as influential a body as the Egyptian Hotel Association on such a worthy initiative.”
    Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo, General Manager of BAT Egypt.
    » BAT Egypt, Egyptian Hotel Association sign public place smoking MoU, Zawya.com (ae) (Friday, February 5, 2010)
  • “It is the responsibility of every hospitality organization to provide its guests with various options, whether they are smokers or non-smokers.”
    Mr. Waseem Mohiedin, President of the Egyptian Hotel Association (EHA).
    » BAT Egypt, Egyptian Hotel Association sign public place smoking MoU, Zawya.com (ae) (Friday, February 5, 2010)
  • “The whole country is smoking.”
    Panayiotis Behrakis, the head of a steering committee set up to oversee the implementation of the Greek smoking ban.
    » Smoking ban ‘not working’, Kathimerini (gr) (Friday, February 5, 2010)
  • “Brand name and expensive cigarettes are always the safest choice for gift giving in China to show respect. Few people, including non-smokers, will openly deny the practice because of health concerns.”
    Wu Yiqun, deputy director of the Thinktank Research Center for Health Development, a Beijing-based nongovernmental organization.
    » Cigarettes top Chinese New Year gift list: Poll, People's Daily (cn) (Friday, February 5, 2010)
  • “CTP is concerned that children and adolescents may find dissolvable tobacco products particularly appealing, given the brightly colored packaging, candy-like appearance and easily concealable size of many of these products.”
    Dr. Lawrence Deyton, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products in a letter to RJR and Star about the companies' smokeless products that are consumed like breath mints but made from finely milled tobacco.
    » FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids, AP (Thursday, February 4, 2010)
  • “Gosh. I step away for a couple of years and there's no telling what's going to happen.”
    Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, on the Citizen's United verdict.
    » Former Justice O’Connor Sees Ill in Election Finance Ruling , New York Times (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)
  • “These two cases [Citizens United and Caperton] should be a warning to states that still choose their judges by popular election. We can anticipate that labor unions and trial lawyers, for instance, might have the financial means to win one particular state judicial election. And maybe tobacco firms and energy companies have enough to win the next one. And if both sides unleash their campaign spending monies without restrictions, then I think mutually-assured destruction is the most likely outcome.”
    Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, assuming lawyers and unions can match the firepower of corporations.
    » Former Justice O’Connor Sees Ill in Election Finance Ruling , New York Times (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)
  • “This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy. It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way – or to punish those who don't. That means that any public servant who has the courage to stand up to the special interests and stand up for the American people can find himself or herself under assault come election time. . . . I can't think of anything more devastating to the public interest.”
    President Obama, on the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision.
    » ‘Fighting’ Obama hits Supreme Court over campaign finance , Christian Science Monitor (Saturday, January 23, 2010)
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