Feds: Cigarette Makers Lied for 50 Years
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Cigarette makers lied about the  dangers of smoking for 50 years, the U.S. government said on  Tuesday as its $280 billion case against the industry went to  trial.
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The nation's largest cigarette maker is disputing a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that found nicotine in cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years.
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A LAB owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a new study charges.
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After five years of preparation, the federal government expects to take the nation&#39;s tobacco industry to court today, alleging massive fraud and seeking a $280 billion penalty
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MONTREAL - The RCMP searched through documents at Imperial Tobacco on Friday related to the contraband trade in cigarettes in the 1990s, Radio-Canada&#39;s all-news channel reported.
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Smoking could be even worse for your health if you buy smuggled cigarettes from street-corner dealers, the government said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - A lawyer for the tobacco industry on Wednesday rejected the government's claim that cigarette companies conspired for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking and should forfeit $280 billion generated by the alleged fraud.    To win the case, the government must prove the scheme existed and is likely to continue...
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Lawyers for cigarette makers on  Wednesday sought to knock down the government's $280 billion  racketeering case against the industry, telling a federal judge  that they had already addressed the government's concerns by  changing the way they do business.
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Industry attorneys said Wednesday the public was never purposely lied to about the dangers of smoking, though individual tobacco company officials made mistakes and showed poor  judgment in dismissing evidence of health risks.
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U.S. opens $280 billion fraud trial against tobacco industry, alleging the biggest companies worked together for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking.
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Philip Morris USA on Monday disputed a   Massachusetts study that said the amount of nicotine in   cigarettes -- including its top-selling brand, Marlboro --   increased steadily from 1998 to 2004.
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Tobacco companies tried to cast doubt on the link between smoking and cancer by funding projects that challenged the findings of a landmark study, scientists said on Friday.
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U.S. cigarette makers adapted their  advertising and internal communications as safety concerns grew  and legal ways to promote their products were restricted, a  marketing expert testified for the government on Wednesday.
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Major cigarette makers go on trial on Tuesday in the U.S. government's &#36;280 billion racketeering case that charges the tobacco industry with deliberately deceiving the public about the risks of smoking since the 1950s.
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Fake cigarettes are often made with tobacco contaminated with &quot;much higher&quot; levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium and arsenic than genuine brands.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Cigarette makers may publicly admit that their products cause cancer, but when sued by sick smokers, they deny or minimize the link, according to a new analysis of lawsuits.
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A lab owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a new study says.