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Read What the Judge Ruled, Then See The Docs Themselves

Porter law firm memorandum regarding a possible public survey to show no need for stronger labelling on cigarette packaging regarding the dangers of smoking, the writers concluded that was a bad ...
Gentry, an attorney for the state, said: ``We know from the Liggett attorneys that they are particularly germane ...
While the Liggett documents have been the focus of media attention, Gentry said the ``youth documents'' ordered released by Special Master William Rutter will be more damaging ...
Indeed, objective readers can now see for themselves that these documents are not even material to the case at hand, let alone evidence that could prove the state's case,'' the statement said ...

The "Bidi Buzz" Continues

Known as a bidi (pronounced BEE-DEE), the Indian imports have enjoyed a recent flurry of national media attention fired by the sweet-scented smoke reportedly wafting through clubs, coffee shops and trendy East and West Coast neighborhoods ...
Bidis are small, but federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials reported they release three to five times more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes ...
Robert Klesges, a University of Memphis psychology professor and tobacco researcher ...
THIS MATTER came before the undersigned Special Master for hearing on April 21, 1997 as a result of Plaintiffs' March 21, 1997 Motion to Compel Production by Defendant, Tobacco Institute of Certain Documents Relating to Defendant, Tobacco Institute's Youth Programs Being Withheld Under Claims of Attorney-Client Privilege ...
We expect the documents Rutter thinks should be released to us contain even more damning information,'' he said ...

Highlights Advantages of State Lawsuits Over Flawed Global Deal

After having considered argument of counsel, the motion and exhibits attached thereto and having reviewed in-camera the documents which are the subject matter of the motion, the following Report and Recommendation is hereby submitted ...
Second, Plaintiffs argue that if some of the documents actually contain legal opinions of counsel in connection with litigation, then the crime-fraud exception applies ...

Vets Fight to Retain Smoking Benefits

Emmanuel Carreras, 34, recalls being given the option of a smoking break or mopping the barracks at the end of a grueling day of Marine Corps basic training ...
3 billion over 25 years to settle the state's massive suit against the industry--one of the largest court-approved settlements in U ...
The Florida settlement,therefore, should strengthen the resolve of other states and the U ...
The National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids reported that bidi smoke also contains elevated levels of ammonia and carbon monoxide ...

WV Supreme Court Upholds Tobacco Verdict Rejecting Smokers' Medical Claims

There is a question of relevance and that has not yet been established,'' Weber said ...
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld yesterday a jury's decision that the tobacco industry should not have to pay for medical tests that could lead to the early detection of lung cancer and other health problems in about 270,000 healthy smokers ...
The Florida settlement came in the fourth week of jury selection in the case, and less than a week after the chief executives of tobacco giants Philip Morris and R ...
Emmanuel Carreras, 34, recalls being given the option of a smoking break or mopping the barracks at the end of a grueling day of Marine Corps basic training ...
In this case, the administration's argument mirrors what the tobacco industry long has argued in court: individual smokers choose to smoke and therefore are responsible for their health problems ...

LA Jury Decides Tobacco Industry Must Fund $590 Million Smoking Cessation Plan

Just before he stormed beaches in the South Pacific during World War II, Robert Christian remembers his superiors calling out: "Smoke 'em if you got 'em! ...
But if he develops any smoking-related illness, he may be on his own ...
Attorney Scott Segal, who represented the smokers, said he was disappointed by the ruling, which marks the end of the long-running case ...

CA Assemblyman Proposes Statewide Beach Smoking Ban

Assemblyman Paul Koretz (D- West Hollywood) announced Monday that he would immediately introduce a bill to prohibit smoking on public coastal beaches along California’s 1,200-mile coastline ...
Rutter found that about 300 documents of the Tobacco Institute contain evidence of fraud by the industry ...
We expect the documents Rutter thinks should be released to us contain even more damning information,'' he said ...
Moreover, the companies agreed, in writing, to assist Florida in enacting new laws designed to keep children from smoking ...
Lawton Chiles insisted be part of any deal to resolve the suit, which was about to go to trial ...

Act of Smoking as Addictive as Nicotine

Congress to find out just what the tobacco industry is hiding before the flawed tobacco bailout goes any further ...
The jury also added 5 percent to the payment for the programs to cover administrative costs ...
They suggested that the jury reject the proof put forward by the smokers' attorneys or at least to limit the program to $7 million to $20 million and three years ...

Marlboro Man Spotted in Central Asia: Alive and Well

The Marlboro Man may have been banished from much of Europe and the United States but you can still see him in action, corralling horses through the canyons of the Wild West , on late-night television screens in Kazakhstan ...
The jury also added 5 percent to the payment for the programs to cover administrative costs ...
The industry also must remove cigarette-vending machines from any place accessible to children and remove tobacco ...
Plaintiffs' argument here is that the Tobacco Institute sought to portray a public position that was contrary to the individual defendant tobacco companies' private, internal position ...
They are also linked to the same health problems, including lung and oral cancers as regular cigarettes ...

Editorials Condemn Settlement of Tobacco Law Suit

They suggested that the jury reject the proof put forward by the smokers' attorneys or at least to limit the program to $7 million to $20 million and three years ...
Apparently the tobacco cases are an exception to that rule,'' Weber said ...
Second, Plaintiffs argue that if some of the documents actually contain legal opinions of counsel in connection with litigation, then the crime-fraud exception applies ...