Jump to full article: Canadian Press, 2001-06-05
Author: ANGELA PACIENZA
Intro: An Ontario smoker's fight against Canada's largest tobacco company ended Tuesday after a small-claims court judge ruled in favour of the cigarette giant.
Joe Battaglia, 59, had alleged that the Matinee Extra Mild cigarettes he smoked for six years were secretly designed to deliver more nicotine and toxins than the packages indicated.
Battaglia sued Imperial Tobacco for $6,000, the maximum allowed in small claims court, but lost his case Tuesday. It was the first case brought to trial against a tobacco company in Ontario.
"It's over," an obviously disappointed Battaglia said outside court.
"I really thought I was going to make a difference."
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