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Date |
| Landmark cigarette trial draws to a close |
MIAMI -- In the two years since the beginning of a landmark smokers` trial, one of the lead plaintiffs died, along with an estimated 670,000 other Americans suffering from smoking-related disease. |
07/03/00 |
| Philip Morris investing millions in a new image |
You may think you know all about Philip Morris Cos. |
07/02/00 |
| Both Sides Rest in Tobacco Suit |
MIAMI (AP) - Both sides rested Friday in a landmark court fight threatening to set a national record for punitive damages sought by 300,000 to 700,000 sick Florida smokers. |
06/30/00 |
| State needs to spend tobacco settlement on community programs, experts say |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin should spend its .5 million tobacco settlement to build strong local bases against smoking, experts say. |
06/30/00 |
| Tobacco ready to rest its fight against punitive damages |
MIAMI (AP) -- The tobacco industry is ready to rest its fight against punitive damages for sick Florida smokers after a three-week case relying on recent changes in a business blamed for decades of misconduct. |
06/30/00 |
| Strong Link Shown Between House Votes on Tobacco Lawsuit and Tobacco Political Contributions |
WASHINGTON, June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The 183 House members who voted June 23 to cut off funding for the Department of Justice
lawsuit against the tobacco companies have taken, on average, nearly seven times the amount of tobacco campaign contributions |
06/30/00 |
| Internal Feuding Amid Tobacco Suit |
MIAMI (AP) -- Both sides rested Friday in a landmark court fight over punitive damages for 300,000 to 700,000 sick Florida smokers as a lawyer disclosed internal feuding among the nation's five biggest cigarette makers. |
06/30/00 |
| House Battles Over Tobacco Lawsuit |
WASHINGTON (AP) - With one lawmaker calling cigarette companies ``the least deserving industry in America,'' the House neared its latest showdown Friday over whether to stifle the federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry by blocking money for the gove |
06/29/00 |
| Canada to require grotesque new tobacco labels |
OTTAWA, June 28 (Reuters) - Smokers in Canada are to be confronted with grotesque depictions of cancerous tumours, sexual impotence or other afflictions under tobacco packaging regulations the government says are the toughest in the world. |
06/29/00 |
| Temps Did Most Work in Tobacco Case |
BALTIMORE (AP) - Lawyers provided by a temp agency accounted for almost a quarter of the hours of legal work performed by a prominent law firm on the state's case against the tobacco industry, according to billing records. |
06/29/00 |
| EU to Back Stronger Controls on Weaker Cigarettes |
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union health ministers are expected to support tough new controls on cigarettes on Thursday, making health warnings on packets much larger and banning terms such as ``mild'', ``light'' or ``low tar.'' |
06/28/00 |
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