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KELLY: Coca-Cola, Big Tobacco, and Why the Personal Responsibility of the Consumer Should Not Be Allowed to Excuse Corporate Malfeasance
Sent by Brown & Williamson employee Merrell Williams, the picture the documents painted of the tobacco industry was devastating . . . Assisted by lobbyists, paid for politicians, and talk radio, tobacco companies drew a new picture where greedy trial lawy
Jan 18, 2013
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen (blog)
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Jan 19, 2013 22:20
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Free Florida tobacco help costs millions
be concerned with how much money smokers are costing the state. There is free help for people trying to kick the habit, all paid for by the forced hand of the tobacco industry. .. The program is operated through the Florida Department of Health and fund
Jan 4, 2013
WJXT-Channel 4 (Jacksonville, FL)
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Jan 4, 2013 20:44
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California draws on reserves for tobacco debt payments
California officials have tapped reserves for payments on two series of state tobacco bonds due to insufficient tobacco settlement revenue, according to notices filed with Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Monday.
Dec 3, 2012
Reuters
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Dec 4, 2012 01:53
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Tobacco Appeal Bonds - The Florida Supreme Court Clerk's Office
During the 2009 Legislative Session, the Legislature passed a bill (SB 2198) relating to the posting of security with regard to judgments against tobacco companies that were participants in the settlement of the State's case
Jul 2, 2012
Florida Supreme Court
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Sep 6, 2012 06:06
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Behind the scenes in the racketeering case against the tobacco industry
With co-author and APHA member Stanton Glantz, PhD, Eubanks brings readers behind the scenes of that lawsuit in “Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against the Tobacco Industry,” newly published by APHA Press. Here she talks with Public Health Newswire abou
May 16, 2012
Public Health Newswire (APHA)
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Jun 17, 2012 12:04
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[North Carolina] Judge: Tobacco companies aren't in danger of liquidation
The ruling by Judge William Stocks gives Renegade Holdings Inc., Renegade Tobacco Co. and Alternative Brands Inc. at least another six weeks to try to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
Jun 6, 2012
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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Jun 8, 2012 18:24
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[Texas] House sends increased Cig Fee-Tax-Depending-On-Who-You-Ask bill to governor | Trail Blazers Blog
A bill that got a lot of House resistance earlier this year - fee vs. tax, remember - has just come up on the House floor after the Senate carved out some restrictions for chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco and removed AG rule-making authority over the issue.
May 23, 2013
Dallas Morning News blogs
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May 24, 2013 11:10
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[California] CA Upholds $3 Million Fee Award in Tobacco Settlement Violation
The Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for violation of the 1998 national tobacco settlement. Div. One held that San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald
May 21, 2013
Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA)
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May 22, 2013 19:56
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Oregon enters arbitration that could reduce size of future payments under tobacco settlement
Oregon is among the states entering a high-stakes arbitration battle with tobacco companies who agreed in 1998 to pay $206 billion over 25 years to settle legal claims. If a panel of three retired federal judges side with the tobacco firms, Oregon and ro
Apr 17, 2013
The Oregonian
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Apr 18, 2013 23:18
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Cigarette companies settle dispute over payments to 17 states, including Virginia
Under the agreement announced late Tuesday, the states, including Virginia, each will receive their share of about $4 billion that was paid into a disputed payments account. In return, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Inc. will
Dec 19, 2012
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
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Dec 19, 2012 12:12