Tobacco Industry’s Aim For Protection From Light Cigarettes Lawsuits

In what could turn out to be a shield from massive lawsuits over the marketing techniques used for ‘light’ cigarettes, the US Supreme Court has accepted to hear arguments from cigarette maker Altria Philip Morris, USA. Altria Philip Morris, USA, is the biggest cigarette manufacturer in the United States. A lower court had decided that the company should face claims made by a smoker from Maine that it depicted ‘light’ cigarettes as safer than non-light cigarettes.

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on January 29th, 2008