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PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS PETITION THE FDA TO ACT ON MENTHOL
With the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, Congress took an important step to prevent youth smoking by banning flavored cigarettes. Because tobacco manufacturers use flavors, herbs and spices to mask the harshness of tobacco and
May 15, 2013
Public Health Law Center (William Mitchell College of Law)
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May 15, 2013 17:34
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[West Virginia] VIDEOS: In Re: Tobacco Litigation / Case Number00-C-5000 / Status Concluded - Verdict
In Re: Tobacco Litigation 5/15/13 AM (CLOSINGS) 08:30 AM EDT In Re: Tobacco Litigation 5/15/13 AM (JURY QUESTION 3) 08:30 AM EDT
May 15, 2013
Courtroom View Network (CVN)
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May 15, 2013 15:31
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[West Virginia] Jury in Kanawha County mostly sides with tobacco companies
After deliberating for about four hours, jurors sided almost entirely with tobacco companies Wednesday in a case that involved hundreds of West Virginia smokers.
May 15, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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May 15, 2013 15:21
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West Virginia Jury Rejects Most Claims and Punitive Damages in Consolidated Trial
A unanimous West Virginia jury today rejected all but one of the plaintiffs’ claims in a consolidated trial involving approximately 600 individual lawsuits against the major tobacco companies. In reaching its decision, the jury also rejected the plaintif
May 15, 2013
Altria Group, Inc.
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May 15, 2013 15:17
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Tobacco Companies Win Most of West Virginia Cigarette Trial (1)
A jury in state court in Charleston today ruled in the cigarette makers’ favor on all but one question in the trial, which began April 22, ... Individual trials may be held in the cases based on defective-design claims involving filtered cigarettes
May 15, 2013
Bloomberg News
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May 15, 2013 15:06
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[California] Glendale considers clamping down further on smoking
The City Council on Tuesday moved to ban smoking in all new apartment and condominium units, give individuals the right to sue others who break smoking rules and increase the distance between smokers and non-smokers in outdoor dining areas.
May 15, 2013
Glendale (CA) News-Press
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May 15, 2013 13:59
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[North Carolina] The 2013 Reynolds American, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting: orders, points of order, “out of order” and ordered out!
Dr. Sharon Brown, a grandmother and a shareholder from Pennsylvania, who was seated second from the aisle where the company’s sole microphone ... saw Dr. Brown fall to the floor after she attempted to get by the RAI employee. By the time Dr. Brown was ab
May 14, 2013
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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May 19, 2013 13:37
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[West Virginia] Tobacco liability trial goes to jury
Hundreds of W.Va. smokers suing companies, alleging harm from cigarettes
May 14, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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May 15, 2013 17:20
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[Canada] Day 142: The witness calls a time out.
. The examination of popular historian Mr. Jacques Lacoursière collapsed before noon when this first industry witness said he was unable to continue for the rest of the day.
May 14, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 15, 2013 08:58
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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.
May 14, 2013
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
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May 15, 2013 08:57