Word: banzhaf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anti-tobacco forces celebrated the verdict as a breakthrough. John Banzhaf, a law professor at George Washington University who heads the Action on Smoking and Health group, called the decision the "most important legal development involving tobacco since the cigarette companies were forced off television ((in 1971))." Product-liability experts predicted that the case would provide a boost in confidence and a how-to manual for the plaintiffs in 110 similar cases now being pursued in the U.S. Before long, the verdict could prompt fresh lawsuits as well, since cigarette foes like Banzhaf estimate that smoking contributes to the premature...
...cigarette actually satisfies a craving for nicotine without producing the smoke that annoys others, smokers might have less incentive to quit. Nonsmokers, meanwhile, might be just as vulnerable as before, or more so. "Now when someone lights up, you can see and avoid the smoke," says John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health. "With the new cigarette, which still may give off dangerous chemicals, it will be harder to avoid...
Greene's ruling was the result of a lawsuit filed last summer by John Banzhaf III, a George Washington University law professor, and Peter Meyers, a criminal-law specialist. They argued that under the Ethics in Government Act, passed in 1978 as a post-Watergate reform, Smith was obligated to ask for a special prosecutor (now technically called an "independent counsel") in the Carter case. "What we had here was an investigation that was rife with partisanship," says Banzhaf...
...explicit warning labels on cigarette packages. Among the proposed candidates: "Warning: Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of emphysema and lung cancer"; "Warning: Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease"; "Warning: Cigarette smoking by pregnant women may result in birth defects or spontaneous abortion." Says John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, a consumer group: "So far, the Surgeon General's report is the only positive thing this Administration has done on the smoking and health issue...
...Banzhaf said the course teaches law students how to be public interest lawyers, adding "This case will test the limits and concepts of society which is moving towards equality of sexes...