Federal Court: Tobacco Companies ‘Deliberately Deceived the American Public’ About The Dangers Of Smoking

Federal Court: Tobacco Companies ‘Deliberately Deceived the American Public’ About The Dangers Of Smoking: Six years ago, a federal district court determined that tobacco companies “‘knew there was a consensus in the scientific community that smoking caused lung cancer and other diseases’ by at least January 1964,” and that they nonetheless engaged in a campaign to “mislead the public about the health consequences of smoking.” In that 2006 order, [...]/p