Former smoker to discuss $ 300 million Fla. verdict
November 19, 2009
| CHRISTINE ARMARIO
A jury on Thursday ordered Philip Morris to pay 61-year-old Cindy Naugle what is believed to be the largest award yet among thousands of Florida lawsuits against tobacco companies ...
Fla. jury awards $ 300 million in ex- smoker's suit
November 19, 2009
| CHRISTINE ARMARIO
The award for Cindy Naugle, 61, is the largest to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies.'' Cindy admitted her fault to the jury,''...
AP IMPACT: NFL players hide, fear concussions
November 18, 2009
| HOWARD FENDRICH
Alzheimer's reminded her of tobacco companies denying a link between smoking and disease. At that hearing, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., asked the NFL and its players' union...
AP IMPACT: Tobacco execs quickly find tax loophole
November 16, 2009
| MATT APUZZO
WASHINGTON -- With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds... The Associated Press found that as... Tobacco companies say they're just trying to find a legal way to stay afloat after being...
State outpuffs most of nation
November 12, 2009
| indystar.com
Even fully funded, the agency ca not match the efforts of tobacco companies that spend about $425 million a year on marketing, promotions and discounts in Indiana.'' It's...
N. C.'s public health option
September 21, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
North Carolina's settlement with tobacco companies. It's unclear how any federal overhaul of the health-care system would affect the future of Inclusive Health or other...
Business lawsuits vex ex- hoops stars
June 28, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
They formed Blue Devil Ventures in 1995, and drew up plans to renovate factories abandoned by the tobacco companies that made the city hum for generations. The kind of project...
FDA bans flavored, clove cigarettes
September 21, 2009
| indystar.com
'' Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large, graphic warnings. The law wo not let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco outright, but the agency will...
Obama signs tobacco regulation bill into law
June 22, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
constant, insidious advertising that tobacco companies targeted to kids. He pointed out that nearly 90 percent of smokers start before age 18. I know; I was one of those...
Senate approves FDA regulation of tobacco
June 11, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
Then, the Food and Drug Administration would use hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from tobacco companies to hire scientists and impose restrictions. Cigarettes could no...
At center of tobacco fight: Burr
June 03, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
Hagan plans to submit up to four amendments that would protect farmers from the FDA, help small tobacco companies develop technology and require testing in U.S. laboratories. In...
Tobacco Companies Lose Appeal
May 22, 2009
| NYT > Home Page
A U.S. appeals court upheld major elements of a 2006 landmark ruling that found the nations top tobacco companies guilty of racketeering and fraud. ...
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