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Tobacco Litigation: History & Recent Developments

Smokers, their families, and government entities have been filing lawsuits against tobacco companies for more than half a century. Over the years, tobacco litigation has seen a number of changes -- from the theories of liability used by plaintiffs to th
Nolo
added Oct 14, 2012 17:08
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[Canada] Day 40 : Parliamentary Privilege

Today was the day for the debate. The core question was whether the companies can have their words before various parliamentary committees held against them in this trial.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Jun 12, 2012 11:34
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LENA MITCHELL: Mississippi reneging on prevention promise of tobacco settlement

NEMS360 (Journal Interactive, Tupelo, MS)
added May 22, 2012 02:17
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War On Smoking Offers Some Lessons For Obesity Fight

Kaiser Health News
added May 8, 2012 15:42
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[Canada] Day 147. History will be kind to them, for they intend to write it

in the report he wrote and in the book The Golden Holocaust he is writing what a British reviewer called advocacy history... I am disappointed, to say the least, that he seemed to pay no attention to the work that I did but had the temerity to dismiss it
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 25, 2013 12:56
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[West Virginia] Attorneys give closing arguments in lawsuit pitting smokers against big tobacco companies

Attorneys gave their final summaries and appeals to jurors Monday in a trial that seeks to determine the responsibility of the major tobacco companies in hundreds of cigarette-linked illnesses and deaths in West Virginia.
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
added May 15, 2013 08:57
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[Virginia] South Boston author remembers 'When Tobacco was Good'

In his recently released book, “Once Upon A Time…When Tobacco was Good,” Mills tells of a time in the not so distant past when being in the business of raising tobacco was a very, prestigious and much sought after way of earning a living. A few proud p
South Boston (VA) Gazette-Virginian
added Apr 8, 2013 09:23
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[Canada] Day 132: Dependence

you can imagine what today's hearing was like at the Montreal tobacco trials, as lawyers for the defendant tobacco companies completed their cross examination of the plaintiffs' expert witness in addiction, Dr. Juan Negrete. There was very little new gro
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Apr 4, 2013 11:46
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[New York] Unregulated, Addictive, And Enticing: E-Cigarettes Suck In Smokers But Risks Remain

At 22, she might have been too young to remember bars before Bloomberg, but what benefits was she referring to? "Being social, being cool," she said while dragging thoughtfully on her menthol NJOY King, as if Don Draper's doppelganger might approach at a
The Gothamist [Blog]
added Jan 31, 2013 12:16
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LETTER: Cliff Benes: Secondhand smoke — is it really so bad?

So what happened? Were we just supermen then? I'm positive my mother smoked all the way through my pregnancy. Maybe a doctor can give me and answer.
Redding (CA) Record-Searchlight
added Jan 28, 2013 17:30
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