Tobacco Industry's Aim For Protection From Light Cigarettes Lawsuits
In what could turn out to be a shield from massive lawsuits over the marketing techniques used for 'light' cigarettes, the US Supreme Court has accepted to hear arguments from cigarette maker Altria Philip Morris, USA.
read more ...01/25/08
Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Reintroduces Legislation That Would Give FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
A bipartisan group of Senate and House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow FDA to regulate
tobacco products, the Los Angeles Times reports (Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times, 2/16). In previous years, similar legislation has failed
read more ...02/21/07
Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Stay In Court-Ordered M Payments To Smoking Cessation Program
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday voted 6-1 to freeze funds to the Partnership for Healthy Mississippi for
tobacco cessation programs pending a county court decision to determine how funds from the 1997
tobacco settlement can be distributed, t
read more ...10/27/06
Missouri Tobacco Tax Proposal To Appear On November Ballot
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that a proposed constitutional amendment to raise
tobacco taxes should be placed on the Nov. 7 ballot, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The ballot measure, Amendment 3, would raise about
read more ...10/19/06
Court rejects tobacco ‘choice’ defenseBOSTON — The state’s highest court on Thursday rejected one of the
tobacco industry’s most successful defenses in wrongful death lawsuits.
read more ...05/19/06
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