Posts tagged cigarettes

• Altria Group to Pay $13.8 Million to Family of Smoker, Lung Cancer Victim

  Mike Ferrara | August 26, 2009 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A California jury has ordered Altria Group, the parent company of Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, to pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of woman who died in 2003 of...

• Congress: the FDA Will Now Control Cigarettes

  Mike Ferrara | June 11, 2009 9:15 PM | 14 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The Senate voted today and the House is expected to vote tomorrow to pass The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, a critical piece of legislation that will allow the FDA to regulate...

• Supreme Court Decides - No Federal Preemption Protecting Tobacco Companies.

  Camryn Hansen | December 15, 2008 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For those of you who have been keeping a cynical eye on the case of Altria v. Good, worried that the outcome would confirm your worst fears about the behemoth that has become federal preemption,...

• Nicotine Super-Charged Smokeless Tobacco is Super-Addictive and Carcinogenic – Not a Healthy Alternative to Smoking

  Mike Ferrara | November 28, 2008 8:37 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Camel Snus, a Swedish smokeless tobacco product with a fresh new look, promises to be a hit on the American market, particularly with young people. The IKEA of chewing tobacco, Camel Snus comes...

• Should Consumers have to Design Alternative Products to the Defective Ones that Harmed Them? An Open Cigarette Case in Florida May Decide.

  Camryn Hansen | November 08, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A cigarette case argued this week in the Florida Supreme Court may ultimately change the future of tobacco and other product liability in that state. On Thursday, to answer the question of whether...

• Federal Appeals Court May Overturn Tobacco Preemption Case, Siding with Cigarette Companies

  Camryn Hansen | October 14, 2008 8:48 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  At issue in the case of Altria v. Good is the question of whether state consumer-fraud laws may be used to sue cigarette companies for labeling certain brands “light,”...