Judge orders tobacco companies to admit deception publicly
Source: Reuters
Major tobacco companies must take out advertisements saying they deliberately deceived the U.S. public about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia aims to finalize the wording of the advertisements that the judge first ordered in 2006 after finding the companies violated federal racketeering law.
Tobacco companies fought a public admission of deception, calling it a violation of their free speech rights.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler rejected the companies' position, finding that the final wording - which the companies and the U.S. Justice Department have fought over for years - is factual and not controversial.
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)forestpath
(3,102 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)claiming cigarettes caused dire health problems?
Oh, I remember. They went to work for oil companies where they now come up with arguments to cast doubt on global warming. (I'm not kidding. That's what really happened.)
bananas
(27,509 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)Seems apropo.
BlueMan Votes
(903 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)BlueMan Votes
(903 posts)kinda like new orleans.
drm604
(16,230 posts)They were flooded during Sandy. My point was that the time in now.
BlueMan Votes
(903 posts)for all the good it would do them.