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  Time article on tobacco litigation in Europe. |
Article describes the different types of litigation outstanding against tobacco companies. |
Presents the case of Roland Maddox and the background of "50 years of tobacco industry conspiracy". |
Presents several individual and class-action trials, with updates. |
In an interview, Robert Blankey, a former federal prosecuter and the author of the federal RICO statute, compares the cigarette industry to the Mafia and recommends using RICO laws to criminally prosecute the tobacco industry. |
Op-ed examines society's tendency to blame smokers, and explains why juries are less willing to do so: tobacco industry recruiting of kids, decades-long efforts to cloud the issue, and engineering of product for addiction. |
In public the tobacco industry says "everyone knew" the risks of smoking. But this 1973 survey secretly done for Philip Morris showed that only 3.1% of smokers were aware of the Surgeon General's health warning. |
Notre Dame Law School professor outlines the case against the tobacco industry in both lay terms and legal prose. |
The trial team that won the Boeken trial is profiled. |
Summary and policy paper argues for litigation as a means to expose and roll back the deceit designed by the industry to influence public policy. |
Supports and represents those who fight on behalf of consumers injured or killed by tobacco. Membership is open to those with a substantial interest in fighting consumer cases. |
The facts on big tobacco on trial, from the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. |
Announcement of conference for plaintiffs and the public health community only, scheduled for November 22-24, 2002 in San Francisco. |
Information on tobacco trials for plaintiffs and attorneys; news and announcements; backgrounders for media and the public. |
Outlines decades of tobacco industry campaigns designed to mislead the public about cigarettes, resulting in extraordinary profits for the industry and devastating consequences for the public's health. |
Discussion of documents obtained through U.S. litigation against tobacco companies, and how it affects the potential for similar litigation in Canada. From the Canadian Medical Association Journal. |
Transcript of panel discussion on tobacco ligitagion, focusing on public health benefits, with emphasis on Florida's suit against the tobacco industry. |
Profile of Cheryl Perry, an epidemiology professor at the University of Minnesota, who become an expert in the industry's own words on promoting cigarettes to children. |
Howard Acosta has sued tobacco companies about 150 times, without earning a penny, but he's no quitter. |
Columnist comments on a trial outcome, summarizes the judge's decision and reasoning. |
Policy journal analyzes tobacco industry destruction of evidence committed in litigation of an Australian smoker. |
LA Times article explores why once-secret tobacco industry letters, memos, and reports are hurting the industry in court and opening the eyes of the public. |
Legal analysis concludes the tobacco industry's fraudulent manipulation of the attorney-client privilege was intended to cover up scientific information the industry had about the product. |
Summary of an individual case against Philip Morris. |
An essay by Harvard Law professor Kip Viscusi arguing that the settlement of the lawsuit against tobacco firms didn't penalize those firms, but instead penalized smokers, the so-called victims. |
Report in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. |
130 page report from the Norwegian Directory for Health, Department for Tobacco Control. |
Weblog covers the history of Department of Justice trial against the tobacco industry. Features trial updates, transcripts, original reporting, analysis, and behind the scenes interviews. |
Outlines the legal liabilities for business owners that permit indoor smoking, and warns why tobacco-sponsored ventilation programs will not protect the business owner from those liabilities. |
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