Massive punitive damages against tobacco company in wrongful death suit. Arendtm July 21, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates MIAMI — A jury in northwestern Florida awarded a staggering $23 billion judgment late Friday against the country’s second-largest tobacco company for causing the death of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer ...
New York Victory: Court Upholds Law to Prohibit Tobacco Discounts Arendtm July 14, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In 2013, New York City passed a law (Local Law 1021-A-2013) that sets a minimum price for cigarettes sold in the city. The law also prohibits the use of coupons or promotional discounts to lower that price. Tob...
Tobacco Apology Ads Will Only Run In 13 Black Newspapers ash June 9, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates A ruling has finally been made on the plan submitted by tobacco companies to place ads that apologize for misleading the public about the dangers of smoking. Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court sai...
Tobacco Companies Rejected by High Court on Florida Suits ash June 9, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates The U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts by the tobacco industry to derail thousands of Florida smoker lawsuits, leaving intact 11 awards totaling more than $70 million. Full Article>...
Earth Day: Kicking Butts Out of US Arendtm April 21, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 2 Cigarette butts are the most littered item worldwide. Smokers litter cigarette butts rather than disposing of them properly 65% of the time, which results in approximately 845,000 tons (1.69 BILLION pounds) of ...
Nigerian Court Upholds Seizure of Cigarettes without Warning Labels ash April 1, 2014 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates A Federal High Court in Nigeria recently upheld the power of Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) to impound products considered to be harmful or that constitute a health hazard to the unsuspecting Niger...
6 States to Lose out on $500 million from tobacco settlement? ash March 17, 2014 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, the largest civil litigation settlement in U.S. history, dramatically changed tobacco control in the United States. The settlement, between the major tobacco companies (Phi...
Should Tobacco Marketing be Illegal? ash February 24, 2014 Blog, News & Events, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates This January marked the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon’s General report on Smoking and Health. On that anniversary, a new Surgeon General’s report, The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progre...
Should e-cigarettes be considered tobacco products? ash January 14, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Since e-cigarettes hit the market, they have been the subject of intense debate. Are electronic cigarettes a cessation tool or an alternative smoking device? Should they be subject to the same smoke-free air la...
If Drug Dealers Can be Found Criminally Liable, Can Big Tobacco? ash December 4, 2013 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the case of Burrage v. United States. The case focuses on a federal law that requires a mandatory sentence for a drug dealer if “death or serious injury” resul...
