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[Vermont] RJ Reynolds Hit With $8.3M Judgment Over Eclipse Ads ($$)
Superior Judge Dennis R. Pearson entered a final judgment Monday that ordered Reynolds to cough up the civil penalty partly as a sanction for contempt of a 1998 consent decree from the same court and violation of the master settlement agreement reference
Jun 5, 2013
Law360
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Jun 6, 2013 10:28
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[California] ARCHIVE: Vermont Sues R.J. Reynolds Over Cigarette Ad Claims
The state says there is no proof that the Eclipse brand poses less health risk. The company says its marketing is backed by scientific research.
Jul 27, 2005
Los Angeles Times
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Jun 6, 2013 09:17
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[Vermont] State awarded $8.3 million in tobacco lawsuit
sets a precedent prohibiting unsubstantiated health claims. ... an important precedent applicable to many arenas of consumer protection ... the judge’s method for calculating violations perpetrated by a continually published website turns over a new leaf
Jun 6, 2013
VTDigger.org
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Jun 6, 2013 09:10
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The lawsuit was brought by the Vermont Attorney General’s Office in 2005 and focused on Reynolds’ Eclipse cigarette brand. The amount of the fine was announced Tuesday by Judge Dennis Pearson, who ruled in March 2010 that the advertising claims for Ecli
Jun 6, 2013
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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Jun 6, 2013 09:06
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[Vermont] Tobacco Giant R.J. Reynolds Ordered to Pay the State $8 Million in Penalties and to Stop Deceptive Advertising
In the latest ruling, Judge Pearson concluded that Reynolds should be required to pay substantial civil penalties for its violations and that an additional injunction should issue against Reynolds to prevent similar conduct by Reynolds in marketing other
Jun 4, 2013
Vermont Office of the Attorney General
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Jun 6, 2013 08:58
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[UK] E-cigarettes: health revolution or fresh pack of trouble?
On Wednesday, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is due to publish fresh guidance on "new approaches to help reduce the harm from smoking tobacco". Many health campaigners hope and expect Nice to include the use of e-cigarettes
Jun 4, 2013
The Guardian (uk)
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Jun 4, 2013 23:06
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Tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes: setting a unified research agenda
There is a new sense of uncertainty in tobacco control. THR has been presenting alternate perspectives for some years in an appropriately cautious fashion, but the sudden arrival on the scene of heavily marketed e-cigarettes and other NCPs has greatly en
May 29, 2013
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
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Jun 4, 2013 00:15
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SIEGEL: Anti-Smoking Advocate Uses Bogus Research to Deny Overwhelming Scientific Evidence on Electronic Cigarettes
In other words, this study did not estimate quit rates among smokers trying to quit using e-cigarettes. Instead, it estimated quit rates among many smokers who were not using e-cigarettes in their quit attempt at all!
May 21, 2013
The Rest of the Story-Tobacco Analasys and Commentary (Michael Siegel blog)
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Jun 3, 2013 12:57
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de ANDRADE/HASTINGS: Tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes: setting a unified research agenda
It is vital that the tobacco control movement agrees a unified strategy to address these developments; amidst all the uncertainty there is one certainty: any divisions will be ruthlessly exploited by vested interest. This taxonomy of harm reduction resea
May 29, 2013
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
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May 29, 2013 15:53
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HUFFORD/BALLIN: FDA will rule none too soon on e-cigarette regulations
If the FDA embraces harm reduction and enacts balanced regulations that encourage the efficient development of safer forms of nicotine delivery, then it can both protect public health and enable free market forces, driven by innovation, to help permanentl
May 20, 2013
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
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May 20, 2013 09:51