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Tobacco Firms Lose Court Challenge Over Packaging

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May 19, 2016
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The tobacco industry lost its High Court challenge to the UK government's regulations on standardised "plain" cigarette packaging. Read more>...
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Argentine Supreme Court upholds tobacco marketing ban

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November 3, 2015
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November 3, 2015 The Supreme Court of Argentina protected the right to health over the tobacco industry’s interests The high court rejected a lawsuit filed by Nobleza Piccardo (British American To...
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Tobacco & Human Rights in Latin America

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June 2, 2015
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An article written by ASH Staff Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy was recently published in the American Bar Association’s “International Law News.” The article discusses the growing problem of tobacco use in Latin...
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PHAI Takes Cigarette Companies to Court

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March 27, 2015
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The Public Health Advocacy Institute (“PHAI”) announced today that its newly formed Center for Public Health Litigation has filed lawsuits against two major tobacco companies and several local distributors on...
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Temporary injunction bars man from lighting up inside his Washington home after neighbors sue

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March 11, 2015
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WASHINGTON – A temporary order by a Superior Court judge is keeping a man from smoking inside his home in the District of Columbia. WJLA-TV (http://bit.ly/1BrlPLl ) reports that Edwin Gray's next door neigh...
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Senator Warren calls Philip Morris on Abusive Trade Lawsuit.

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February 27, 2015
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By Senator Elizabeth Warren The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other cou...
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New York Victory: Court Upholds Law to Prohibit Tobacco Discounts

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July 14, 2014
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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...
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Tobacco giant initiates EU court challenge

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June 30, 2014
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) wants to challenge new EU rules on tobacco to see if it can get the stricter labelling requirements changed. The Marlboro manufacturer on Friday (27 June) said t...
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Tobacco Companies Reach Supreme Court To Out Throw $50B Lawsuit

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November 6, 2012
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Two of the largest foreign-owned tobacco companies have asked the Ontario's top court to discharge a $50-billion lawsuit instigated against them by the provincial government. According to the lawyers of British...
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In Graphic Warnings Case, Tobacco Lawyers Fight Full D.C. Circuit Review

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November 1, 2012
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Lawyers for major tobacco companies said Monday they do not want the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to touch a panel's ruling that went against the government's controversial graphic warnin...

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