| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 34 Legal issues |
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| "A narrow probe of possible perjury charges against several tobacco executives for |
| 1994 congressional testimony has been expanded into a far-reaching Justice |
| Department investigation into whether industry officials have systematically made |
| false or misleading statements to Congress and government agencies about the |
| addictive nature of tobacco and about industry practices." |
| Washington Post, September 8, 1996, p. A1 |
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| Six federal judges have accepted trips in recent years at international and domestic |
| conferences paid for by two groups funded by Philip Morris. Two of the judges later |
| were involved in tobacco-related cases. |
| (Minnesota) Star Tribune, July 19, 1998 |
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| The display since 1965 of federally mandated warning labels has had the unintended |
| effect of shielding tobacco manufacturers from all product liability lawsuits brought |
| against their products. |
| 1994 Surgeon General Report, p. 261 |
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| Three former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lawyers now represent the |
| tobacco companies RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris, and Brown and Williamson. Norman |
| Redlich, former dean of the New York University Law School, is helping to lead Philip |
| Morris' $10 billion libel suit against ABC. Carla Hills, former US Trade |
| Representative, is working for RJR to help fight Canada's plain packaging |
| (tombstone) legislation. And former US Attorney General Griffin Bell has been |
| retained by Brown and Williamson for damage control regarding the company's |
| leaked internal documents showing that they knew of the health hazards of tobacco at |
| least thirty years ago. |
| Tobacco Industry Strategies, p. 33 |
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