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[Illinois, New Hampshire] NH SC decertifies 'light' cigarette class while Ill. court weighs similar case

Another state supreme court has rejected a class action lawsuit that claims tobacco companies misled customers by labeling some cigarettes as "light."
Legal NewsLine
added Aug 22, 2012 15:08
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[UK] LETTER: SANDFORD: Plain packs would deter a generation of young smokers

But the article used our statistics in a disingenuous way. A fall in smoking prevalence of about 0.4% per annum may not sound much but it translates to around three million fewer smokers over a decade
The Grocer (uk)
added Aug 22, 2012 14:55
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[New Hampshire] N.H. justices toss tobacco class action

A class-action lawsuit against tobacco giant Philip Morris USA won't go to trial, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled yesterday, because state courts can't assume everyone who bought a pack of Marlboro Lights was unaware that "light" cigarettes can be
Concord (NH) Monitor
added Aug 22, 2012 14:09
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Tobacco ad blitz as New Zealand plans branding ban

British American Tobacco (BAT) launched an advertising campaign in New Zealand Wednesday opposing plans to introduce plain packaging, in a move the government immediately dismissed as a waste of money.
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added Aug 22, 2012 11:53
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[New Zealand] Tobacco firms battle plain packaging in NZ

BRITISH American Tobacco will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a campaign to take on the New Zealand government over its moves towards plain packaging.
Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au)
added Aug 22, 2012 02:36
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[New Zealand] Tobacco company launches fightback

British American Tobacco announced today it will throw "hundreds of thousands of dollars" at a campaign against the Government's push for plain packaging. It will use print, television and radio advertising to sell its message that plain packaging "will
New Zealand Herald
added Aug 22, 2012 02:34
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[Australia] GITTINS: Big Tobacco - what have they been smoking?

If we'd only open our minds to what British American Tobacco and the others are saying, we'd see how remarkably public spirited they are. They're worried not for themselves but about the ''serious unintended consequences'' they fear plain packaging will
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Aug 22, 2012 02:22
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[Australia] GITTINS: Big Tobacco's care all smoke and mirrors

Mounting arguments for the 'public good' comes across as just a bit rich.
The Age (au)
added Aug 21, 2012 20:52
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Korein Tillery Tells Judge: Reinstate $10 Billion Verdict against Tobacco Company Because It Misled Illinois Supreme Court, 21 August 2012. (PDF)

asks a judge ... to reinstate the landmark $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris for deceptive advertising of so-called "light" cigarettes because the company factually misled the Illinois Supreme Court when it overturned the verdict in 2005.
Korein Tillery
added Dec 14, 2012 03:08
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[New Hampshire] LAWRENCE v. PHILIP MORRIS USA (PDF)

Given the volume of information available to consumers from 1976 to 1995 about the compensation phenomenon, we conclude, as a matter of law, that the number of class members exposed to this information was not de minimis.
New Hampshire Supreme Court
added Aug 24, 2012 02:04
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