Jump to full article: Evening Times (uk), 2005-06-01
Intro: A LEADING anti-smoking campaigner has called on health boards to sue tobacco companies in an attempt to force them to compensate cancer victims.
Maureen Moore, chief executive of ASH Scotland, said a historic ruling yesterday showed ordinary people had no chance against the legal spending power of cigarette manufacturers.
She insisted health boards could bring money back into the NHS by using their resources to back a more successful campaign. . .
But the family's lawyer today said a future case could win and Ms Moore called on health boards to make that challenge. She said: "Mrs McTear was very brave, but the ordinary Joe Bloggs does not stand a chance against firms with vast resources to fight their case.
"Health boards have the resources to win a case now we have a clearer idea of what is needed."
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