Tobacco suits best fought at state levels, authors say

Article Abstract:

Stanton Glantz and colleagues at the Institute for Health Policy Studies and the University of California Dept of Medicine argue against Congressional legislation to settle class action suits against tobacco companies in a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The commentary describes the history of the heavy influence the tobacco industry has had over Congress and criticises recent proposals which would allow the industry to pay only about 20% of the direct medical costs paid by states to fund care for smokers.

Class actions (Civil procedure), Class action lawsuits, Political activity, Political aspects, Glantz, Stanton

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Strong blow to tobacco

Article Abstract:

The tobacco industry is facing the most serious legal threats it has ever faced. The prospect of a comprehensive, global settlement that would give the industry immunity from present and future lawsuits is growing. An oft-mentioned settlement figure is $300 million over 25 years, but that figure may be far too low to cover the cost of the medical problems resulting from tobacco use. A full disclosure of tobacco's risks and the tobacco industry's attempts to hide those risks would be in the best interest of public health.

Editorial, Cases, Product liability, Public health, Products liability, Medicaid

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Researchers proposed a snuff fad, tobacco candy

Article Abstract:

The tobacco industry has been researching ingenious ways to disguise the high nicotine levels in tobacco products as early as 1968, according to company documents just released by the FDA. Alarmed by consumer concerns about the health implications of smoking, industry researchers considered developing moist snuff products, nicotine candy and a filter that reduced tar but boosted nicotine.

Research

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