Argument that new FDA law should replace court’s order is “particularly unconvincing”
Editor
Jun 3, 2011
The tobacco industry spends billions marketing its products with determined deception, but it can’t dupe U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler.
Judge Kessler issued the landmark 2006 decision that the tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws (RICO) and defrauded the public by lying for decades about the health risks of smoking and their marketing to children.
Continue reading U.S. Judge Slaps Down Tobacco Industry Effort to Evade Sanctions in Racketeering Case
posted June 03, 2011
Tobacco companies whine to federal court about their humiliation and shame
Editor
Apr 14, 2011
Maybe you thought you’d heard everything when the executives of Big Tobacco companies raised their right hands and swore to Congress that they didn’t believe nicotine was addictive or that cigarettes cause cancer.
Well, you were wrong.
Now they’re saying that the statements the Justice Department wants them to make under a federal court order stemming from the companies’ racketeering conviction are designed to “shame and humiliate” them.
Continue reading How do you Shame an Industry that has None?
posted April 14, 2011
Industry’s latest actions put the lie to claims of change
Editor
Feb 28, 2011
The tobacco companies claim they've changed and are now responsible corporate citizens. All the while, they continue to market to kids, deceive the public and fight proven measures to reduce tobacco use.
The proof is in recent headlines:
Continue reading The Big Tobacco Wolf Sheds Its Sheep’s Clothing
posted February 28, 2011
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