Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to reduce smoking

Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to reduce smoking

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Law -- The court-ordered publication of “corrective statements” by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve as a reminder that tobacco addiction remains a major health problem in the country and that Big Tobacco has a long history of marketing practices aimed at hooking a new generation on a lethal product, according to an editorial published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

“Corrective Statements From the Tobacco Industry: More Evidence for Why We Need Effective Tobacco Control” recounts the legal history that led a federal court more than a decade ago to order major tobacco companies to take out advertisements in newspapers and on television that outline the scope of the health risk that cigarettes and second-hand smoke pose. After years of fighting the order in the courts, the tobacco industry will begin running these ads on Nov. 26.

Ruling in 2006 on a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice …

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