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[Canada] Top 5 major lawsuits against 'Big tobacco'

Here’s a look at four other major Big Tobacco lawsuits and their outcomes.
GlobalTV (ca)
added Jun 17, 2012 12:52
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A History of the Knowledge—and Ignorance—of Harms from Cigarettes in Canada, 1950-2000 - Expert Report submitted by Robert N. Proctor, Stanford University (PDF) [GO TO https://tobacco.asp.visard.ca/Main.htm, click on blue bar for access]

I have been asked to evaluate and comment on three expert reports . . . 1. All three fail to consult the tobacco industry‘s internal documents, which reveal a decades-long conspiracy to downplay the hazards of smoking.
Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé (Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health) (ca)
added Nov 27, 2012 13:07
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JUDGMENT ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER STRIKING CANADA'S EXPERT REPORT OF DR. WILLIAM A. FARONE (PDF)

Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé (Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health) (ca)
added May 7, 2012 06:44
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[Canada] LETTER: Woman fined for buying cigarettes at reserve store

I asked the officer: “If I’m not able to purchase these cigarettes, why is the store allowed to sell them to me?” His said it was because “they can get away with it.” . . . I might come out of this having to do some jail time but I don’t care. I will n
Thunder Bay (Ont) Chronicle-Journal (ca)
added Oct 20, 2012 19:37
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JUDGMENT ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER STRIKING CANADA'S EXPERT REPORT OF DR. DAVID M. BURNS, M.D. (PDF)

Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé (Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health) (ca)
added May 7, 2012 06:37
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[Canada] 'I only do it when I'm with my friends': Canadian public health campaign compares social smoking to farting

A Canadian anti-smoking campaign has drawn a comparison between social smoking and social farting. The video shows a girl who defends her occasional flatulence the way someone would a casual smoking habit: 'Just because I fart at parties now and then, i
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Mar 20, 2013 16:04
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Destroyed documents: uncovering the science that Imperial Tobacco Canada sought to conceal (PDF) [FREE FULL TEXT]

Interpretation: The scientific evidence contained in the documents destroyed by Imperial Tobacco demonstrates that British American Tobacco had collected evidence that cigarette smoke was carcinogenic and addictive. The evidence that Imperial Tobacco soug
Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca)
added Sep 18, 2012 15:32
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[USA] 'How Will a US Smoking Ban Affect Canada?' Asks Lucky Nugget

CBS MarketWatch
added Sep 11, 2012 13:21
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[Canada] Smokers may quit, but big tobacco fumes on ($$)

regulation governing where you can smoke, and how much those smokes are taxed, has turned into a flood. Yet the big three American firms have managed to increase their profits through price increases, and with Altria announcing that it has decided to foll
Globe and Mail (ca)
added Apr 29, 2013 13:52
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[Canada] Day 114: Wayne Knox - the Wild Card

Time flew by on Thursday during the testimony of Wayne Knox in the 17th floor courtroom of Montreal's Palais de Justice. He was the forty-first witness at the tobacco trials, and one of the most informative, insightful and entertaining witnesses to date.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Feb 15, 2013 14:43
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