Tobacco Companies

The Irony in the Tobacco Companies Suing So That They Can Tell the "Truth"

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

If history is any teacher, I can think of no industry more deserving of scrutiny and strict government regulation, consistent with their free speech rights, than the tobacco industry.

States Selling Addiction: "Why Not? We Need the Money!"

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.07.2009 | Home


Stanton Peele

Our financial and emotional needs now dictate that state governments sedate their citizens, while picking their pockets, from California to Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic.

Supreme Court Opens Floodgates For New Cigarette Lawsuits

New York Times | DAVID STOUT | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business


Tobacco companies suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court on Monday when the justices ruled that the companies can be sued by smokers who contend they ...

FTC Tosses Guidance, "Will Not Be A Smokescreen For Tobacco Companies"

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the F...

Cigarette Scientists: "Cigarettes Cure Lung Cancer"

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home


An October 2006 lung cancer study published in the "New England Journal of Medicine" was discovered to have been funded by a cigarette company, the "N...