US legal challenge against cigarette firms to start today
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In 1953, the chief executives of the country&#39;s leading cigarette companies and officials from a major public relations firm gathered at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
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WASHINGTON The tobacco industry urged a federal appeals court today to throw out a decision allowing the Justice Department to sue cigarette companies for 280 (b) billion dollars.
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Tough new measures to further restrict cigarette advertising in shops and pubs come into force today. Advertising space for tobacco products at kiosks and other outlets are
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Major cigarette makers went on trial  on Tuesday in the U.S. government's $280 billion case, which  charges the tobacco industry with deliberately deceiving the  public about the risks of smoking since the 1950s.
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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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Two major cigarette makers on Wednesday said they plan to appeal a Louisiana court ruling ordering them to fund a program to help people quit smoking, although the decision reduced the amount of damages they faced.
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Two drug firms and a charity for people with Alzheimer&#39;s disease began a legal challenge Monday against the downgrading of three anti-dementia drugs by British regulators.
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MONTREAL - The Canadian arm of a huge tobacco company has asked a Quebec court to stop a provincial lawsuit claiming $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes on smuggled cigarettes.
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Strict limits came in to force today to restrict the advertising of cigarettes and tobacco products in shops, pubs and clubs. This will ensure that the total advertising for all tobacco companies is no more
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A lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of   defrauding smokers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer   than regular brands can proceed as a class action, a federal   judge in New York ruled on Monday.
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Since 1977, the American Cancer Society has scheduled the Great American Smokeout, a challenge to Americans to quit smoking for one day.
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An international treaty aimed at curbing tobacco sales and advertising is set to come into force.
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The government&#39;s effort to prove that tobacco companies used fraud and deception for decades to keep Americans smoking moved Wednesday into a federal appeals court
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Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday launched a legal challenge against Parmalat&#39;s restructuring plan, hitting back after the bankrupt food group
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Philip Morris and lawyers who won a ten-(B)billion-dollar judgment against the company are fighting again. The cigarette maker on Monday asked the Illinois Supreme Court to disqualify a Chicago
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U.S. smokers spent as much as $200   billion over more than three decades buying "light" cigarettes   under the false belief they were safer than regular cigarettes,   an attorney in a potential class action lawsuit argued on   Wednesday.
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris/Altria put on its political party clothes recently, but it may soon be dressing for a wake. Under fire from the Department of Justice and facing