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| Big Tobacco loses California lawsuit - WSJ |
NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - In another blow to Big Tobacco, a California state jury ruled that two major cigarette makers misrepresented the health dangers of their products and should pay for it, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online version |
03/21/00 |
| Anti-smoking lawmakers seek new FDA legislation |
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) -Acting swiftly after the Supreme Court ruled that the Food and Drug Administration does not have authority to regulate tobacco, leading anti-smoking lawmakers on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to enact legislation giving t |
03/21/00 |
| Tobacco Industry Wins in Supreme Court |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration lacks the power to regulate tobacco products, handing President Clinton a stinging setback in the effort to curb youth smoking. |
03/21/00 |
| Calif. jury ponders punitive damages vs. tobacco co's |
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (Reuters) - A California jury headed back to court Tuesday to deliberate possible punitive damages against two major tobacco companies one day after they awarded .7 million to a woman who developed lung cancer after smoking for 2 |
03/21/00 |
| Major Events in Fight vs. Tobacco |
Major events in the fight over tobacco in the United States: |
03/21/00 |
| Smoking during pregnancy damages child's lungs |
NEW YORK, Mar 21 (Reuters Health) -- Mothers who smoke during pregnancy may not only be harming their lungs, they may be damaging those of their fetus as well. Results of a new study show that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have signs of i |
03/21/00 |
| Tobacco ruling forces end to US retailer checks |
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court decision that federal health officials have no power to regulate tobacco is forcing the end to a three-year-old program designed to make it harder for minors to buy cigarettes, a U.S. official said on Tue |
03/21/00 |
| Tobacco Litigation: NYSSA Conference to Address "Master Settlement Agreement Securitization" |
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000--The New York Society of Security Analysts presents ``Tobacco Litigation: Master Settlement Agreement Securitization'' on March 31, 2000. The half-day conference will feature panel discussions on the challenges an |
03/20/00 |
| Big Tobacco Is Lobbying the States for Protection |
Cigarette makers, faced with the prospect that a Miami jury may soon hand out the largest punitive damage award ever, have taken unprecedented steps in recent weeks to protect themselves from bankruptcy by persuading tobacco states to pass bills that shie |
03/20/00 |
| States Brace for Threat of Tobacco Suit Bankruptcy |
State attorneys general are taking the extraordinary precaution of hiring bankruptcy lawyers out of fear that a colossal damage award in a Florida class action could trigger a tobacco industry bankruptcy and stop the flow of settlement payments to the sta |
03/20/00 |
| Tobacco Products Liability Project to Hold Tobacco Industry Bankruptcy Conference at Northeastern University in June |
BOSTON, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tobacco Products Liability Project released the following statement:
As liability pressures facing tobacco companies increase one or more tobacco companies might soon seek bankruptcy protection. Today, both the New |
03/20/00 |
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