Tobacco Firms Adapted to Ad Curbs, U.S. Trial Told
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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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RALEIGH, NC - A group overseeing payments to tobacco farmers and quota holders from a 1999 settlement will appeal a judge&#39;s decision that cigarette companies do not have to make the last of those payments.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 30 : Putting a restriction on smoking at workplaces can help significantly in curbing the habit, a recent study has revealed.
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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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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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WASHINGTON/SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - The tobacco wars are back in the U.S. Congress, but the battle lines have shifted and anti-smoking forces are no longer facing a monolithic tobacco industry and loyal legislators.
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether tobacco companies can be sued in state courts over alleged deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes.
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Some of America&#39;s largest food and  drink companies, such as Coca-Cola Co. and General Mills Inc.,  will adopt stricter controls on advertising aimed at children  under 12, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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The nicotine in cigarettes is habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in the government's &#36;280 billion suit against cigarette makers.
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Some of America's largest food and drink companies, such as Coca-Cola Co. and General Mills Inc., will adopt stricter controls on advertising aimed at children under 12, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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A US lawsuit against tobacco firms that "duped" smokers over low-tar cigarettes gets the go-ahead.
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Tobacco industry lawyers  acknowledged in federal court on Wednesday that some companies  may have done some things wrong in the past, but they denied  government allegations the industry engaged in a conspiracy to  mislead the public about the dangers of smoking.
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RICHMOND - With waning cigarette sales due to concerns about health, smoking bans, and price increases, Philip Morris USA is staking its future in a new research center meant to develop products to reduce the risk of tobacco use.
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Company says changes were made due to information that came to light during the trial and to address concerns raised by the judge.
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They sounded awfully convincing, those Big Tobacco lawyers, when they told a federal judge this week their clients had reformed, indeed, had transformed their very corporate souls.
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Anti-smoking ads can have the opposite effect of what is intended and encourage the habit, a study says.
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Tobacco companies lost a court fight Friday to overturn new restrictions on advertising in places where cigarettes are sold in Britain.