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It's all over but the remedying! The 11-year saga of the DOJ RICO suit was partially ended at the Supreme Court. The tobacco defendants were found guilty of racketeering, but will pay no monetary penalty. The case goes back to District Court for implementation of court-ordered remedies in light of the FDA's new regs.
Late-Breaking DOJ Trial News is here: http://www.tobacco.org/articles/lawsuit/doj/
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Latest Top Tobacco Headlines

Latest Quotes

  • “While legislation that seeks to eliminate sweet or candy flavored tobacco from the market may be well intended, the prohibition on the use of all ingredients goes far beyond eliminating only those products with so-called characterizing flavors. The draft (FCTC treaty) guidelines would eliminate the entire category of traditional American blend tobacco that contains burley tobacco, while allowing other categories of cigarettes to remain in the marketplace. This is simply unfair and does nothing more than stop the sale of American blended tobacco.”
    June 30 letter from Kentucky lawmakers was written to Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Jonas Gahr Store, who is playing a lead role in formulating the new FCTC guidelines, to be considered at a November meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
    » Kentucky burley threatened by global tobacco regulations , Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (Saturday, July 24, 2010)
  • “All we know from the [Engle] verdict is one cigarette made by Reynolds at some point in the universe was defective.”
    Stephanie Parker with Jones Day in Atlanta, who represented the cigarette companies before the 11th Circuit.
    » Cigarette Makers Win Big At 11th Circuit, Forbes (Thursday, July 22, 2010)
  • “Our results indicate that not only individual genes but entire networks of gene interaction are influenced by cigarette smoking.”
    Lead author Jac Charlesworth, Ph.D., in the July 15 issue of the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics.
    » Smoking influences gene function, scientists say, EurekAlert (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)
  • “My husband's fate was sealed at age 11, when he smoked his first cigarette. ”
    NY Times "Personal Health" columnist Jane Brody gets personal about the effects of smoking on the smoker -- and his family.
    » Not Starting Means Never Having to Quit , New York Times (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)
  • “Women are becoming more independent. They've got more money. They listen less to their parents and teachers. It's the right culture for the introduction of thinking wrongly, thinking that smoking is associated with emancipation. We have to make them realize it's addictive. It is a [form of] bondage.aboo activity seemed fun and exciting.”
    Dr. Judith Mackay, a senior WHO policy advisor who has led anti-smoking campaigns across Asia.
    » Affluence prompts more women in China to light up, Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca) (Monday, July 19, 2010)
  • “One particularly nefarious aspect of advertising at convenience stores is it really normalizes the product. What do you buy there? Cigarettes, but also soup, laundry detergent, soda, cat food — normal, common things. So advertising there really gives the impression that smoking is normal. Tobacco companies understand this. They're not stupid.”
    Stanford adolescent medicine specialist Seth Ammerman, MD.
    » Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, Stanford study shows , Stanford University School of Medicine (Sunday, July 18, 2010)
  • “No Mail-No Rail”
    Signs on the western New York reservation, in apparent oppostion to the PACT Act.
    » VIDEO: Signs on reservation: No Mail-No Rail, WIVB.com (WIVB-TV, WNLO-TV) (Buffalo, NY) (Friday, July 9, 2010)
  • “I was chewing it and it was like a party in my mouth. It was like fireworks and 'Oh my god, I'm talking a million miles per hour and I love this gum and what kind of gum is this? I have to have this gum.'”
    Jessica Simpson, talking to Jay Leno about the time she was given a piece of Nicorette.
    » Jessica Simpson Is Dating, Addicted To Nicorette (VIDEO), Huffington Post (blog) (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)
  • “I feel like I deserve to pay the idiot tax for smoking in the first place.”
    Ella Maxine, when faced with a $15 cigarette pack.
    » Cigarettes hit $14.50 a pack with new tax, New York Post (Saturday, July 3, 2010)
  • “When this came up, we thought, 'Gee, what are we thinking?' I'm an oncologist, he's an AIDS doctor, we're both physicians, and I'm in charge of a public university. So we both said that isn't consistent with our values. ”
    Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, speaking of the discussion with her husband when a reporter called about their Altria stock.
    » A University Chancellor Is Selling Altria Stock, New York Times (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)
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