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[Florida] LETTER: Tobacco award sends wrong message

there are no innocent parties in this lawsuit. The $1.2 million award should go toward the treatment and counseling of nicotine addicts who realize their life would be better by not smoking and take the first step to quit
Palm Beach (FL) Post
added May 10, 2013 12:11
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[Rhode Island] LETTER: A Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products

Providence, R.I., is fighting to protect our children from tobacco. We took the ruling by the Food and Drug Administration banning flavored cigarettes a step further by banning the sale of other candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco products.
New York Times
added Sep 13, 2012 06:41
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LETTER: Why jury found tobacco companies partly responsible for smoker’s death.

As a member of the jury, I would like to respond. … When we speak of responsibility, if you are a company selling an unusually dangerous product, designed to addict when used as directed, shouldn’t that come with some shared responsibility? At least towa
Palm Beach (FL) Post
added May 13, 2013 02:58
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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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[California] LETTER: The high cost of smoking

Santa Maria (CA) Times
added May 10, 2012 04:19
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[New York] Letter: More tobacco lawsuits needed

"Widow wins tobacco suit," Dec. 15, describes how Eileen Clinton's husband died of lung cancer . . . When a company sells a product that kills half the people who use it as directed and targets their marketing to youth to replace these customers, someth
Albany (NY) Times-Union
added Jan 1, 2013 12:41
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[New York] LETTER: Banning Tobacco Displays

As you note, advertising would still be permitted. Therefore, a store owner could take a photograph of his current display of cigarettes, enlarge it to life-size, incorporate it in an advertising poster and place the poster where the cigarettes had been
New York Times
added Mar 26, 2013 03:33
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[Illinois] LETTER: Giant lawsuit against tobacco companies keeps coming back

In Madison County, there is a lawsuit, which much like a zombie attack, keeps coming back again and again. Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth is currently deliberating on whether or not to bring back a $10.1 billion lawsuit against tobacco companie
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Sep 4, 2012 12:28
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[Canada] LETTER: Science doesn't support public smoking ban

Re: "VIHA: Ban smoking on beaches, in parks," July 12. As there is no science to back such a ban, this proposed action must simply be viewed for what it is - a mean-spirited attack on a portion of the population, denying them full use of public spaces.
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Jul 14, 2012 14:24
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[New Jersey] LETTER: No smoking laws don't work

Shore News Today
added May 19, 2012 20:24
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