Monthly Archives: September 2009

Seeking Billions, Ontario Sues Tobacco Companies

The Province of Ontario filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking 50 billion Canadian dollars from several tobacco companies to recover smoking-related health costs since 1955.
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Flavors Banned From Cigarettes to Deter Youths

The ban is the first major crackdown on cigarettes since the Food and Drug Administration was given authority to regulate tobacco products.
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Seeking Billions, Ontario Sues Tobacco Companies

The province is seeking 50 billion Canadian dollars from several companies, including the Altria Group, under a new law.
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Cigarette makers plan U.S. Supreme Court appeal

Several tobacco companies plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a May ruling in a racketeering lawsuit that requires them to disclose more about the dangers of smoking and bars them from selling cigarettes as “light” or “low tar.” The companies asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on Monday not [...]

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Court reinstates Alaska smoker case vs Altria

A U.S. appeals court on Monday reinstated an Alaska lawsuit against Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA by the survivor of a deceased smoker, saying her state product liability claims were not preempted by federal law and should have been tried in state court.
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Marketing Research Analyst - Business Analysis

The mission of Altria Group, Inc. is to own and develop financially disciplined businesses that are leaders in responsibly providing adult tobacco consumers with superior branded products.
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Banning Smoking in Parks

To the Editor:.
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Despite order, smokes on sale at NY reservation

A court order hasn’t stopped a brisk business in tax-free cigarettes at an Indian reservation on New York’s Long Island.
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News and FDA Updates for Star Scientific

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street’s biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions.
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News and FDA Updates for Star Scientific

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street’s biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions.
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