| Title | Intro | Date |
| Israelis file $4.2 billion anti-tobacco lawsuit |
Five Israeli smokers filed a 17 billion shekel ($4.2 billion) suit in Tel Aviv District Court against several tobacco companies, the Ha'aretz newspaper said on Tuesday. |
07/13/99 |
| Wisconsin Law firms earned $3,032 an hour. |
Three law firms that represented Wisconsin in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry earned $3,032 an hour for each of the 24,733 hours they worked, newly released documents show. |
07/13/99 |
| TOBACCO CHRONOLOGY |
Some key events in the recent tidal wave of lawsuits filed against the tobacco industry. |
07/13/99 |
| Movie About Whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand Ruffles Some Feathers |
A film about Brown & Williamson whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, "The Insider," is set to be released this fall. |
07/13/99 |
| Mediconsult.com and Novartis Launch French Version of www.habitrol.com |
Mediconsult.com, Inc. today announced that its client Novartis Consumer Health Canada, Inc. has launched the first French language spin-off of a highly interactive microsite designed to help smokers quit - with the help of the Habitrol® smoking cessation |
07/13/99 |
| Lower Tobacco Prices Help Indians |
Smokers can save the cost of New York State's 56-cents-per-pack tax by shopping at American Indian stores. |
07/11/99 |
| Tobacco Trial Moves to Second Phase |
Lawyers who won a landmark liability decision against the tobacco industry last week plan to use Farnan's story to show tobacco's human toll to the Florida jury hearing the case as the trial enters its second stage -- the award of damages. |
07/11/99 |
| Louisiana Jury Rules For Tobacco Firms |
A Louisiana jury Friday ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. and British American Tobacco Plc's Brown & Williamson in a negligence suit filed by the family of a deceased smoker who had cancer and emphysema. |
07/09/99 |
| Insurers May Reimburse Tobacco Companies |
European and U.S. insurance companies may be forced to reimburse tobacco companies paying out billions of dollars in settlements and compensation claims in the United States, an industry analyst said Thursday. |
07/09/99 |
| Lung Cancer Test Can Cut Deaths |
Screening smokers for lung cancer can dramatically reduce the number of deaths from this catastrophic disease, according to new research that contradicts current medical practice. |
07/09/99 |
| Advertising Agencies Compete for a Slice of the Pie |
At the MSA National Foundation Bidder's conference held in Washington D.C. on June 30, Chuck Wolfe, the Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, announced the criteria that agencies have to meet in order to be eligible to bid. |
07/07/99 |
| Florida Jury Finds Tobacco Companies Liable |
The jury in the first class-action lawsuit by smokers ever to go to trial found Wednesday that cigarette makers produced a defective product that causes emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses - a ruling that could expose the industry to billions in da |
07/07/99 |
