Some of them actually claimed that menthol cigarettes would cure a cough. Of *course* tobacco companies lied to smokers. Where it didn't lie it was certainly misleading with all of the tricks in advertising. I'm astounded that this is still being litigated. Though I guess this is a racketeering case and the one I worked on was product liability... hmm.
Dana >I like some of the old commercials from the 50's and 60's. I think you >only have to show those commercials and copies of the tobacco documents >that proved tobacco was harmful and the case is done. > >CEO of Tobacco company XYZ had this report in his hand in 1960 showing >the link between tobacco and lung cancer. In 1962 XYZ company produced >this advertisements stating tobacco produced no adverse health concerns. > >At the point the attorney should jump up and down hollering "Liar Liar >pants on fire, I rest my case" > > >the problem I have with the law suits is where does the money go? >Lawyers get way too much. It's hard to quantify who should get how much >if the proceeds go to smokers. I think the funds should go to >anti-smoking campaigns, County and State health providers, and provide >free enrollment in programs to assist people who are trying to stop >smoking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231193 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
