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...seemingly candid statements printed on the front of cigarette packages conceal a half-century-long intentional campaign to endanger the public for profit. Since a January 1954 meeting in the Plaza Hotel in New York City, several major cigarette manufacturers have been colluding in a heartless battle to deceive the public about long term effects of cigarette smoking. And the federal government has finally decided to take action...
Finally, Bill Clinton got the headline he has been dreaming of for years: "Justice Department Sues Big Tobacco." Claiming that tobacco companies conspired to conceal the risks of cigarette smoking from the public and thus engaged in consumer fraud, federal lawyers will invoke the federal civil racketeering statute and ask for $25 billion to recoup taxpayer dollars spent to cover smoking-related health-care costs for veterans, military personnel, federal employees and the elderly through Medicare payments. Although under the law an award could be triple that if the feds can get a jury to see things their way, even...
...MICHIGAN Gun opponents plan a referendum on concealed weapons; lawmakers nix an N.R.A.-friendly conceal-carry bill...
...OHIO Republicans back away from a bill to ban suits against gunmakers, and the Governor says he opposes a conceal-carry...
...FLORIDA Lawmakers withdraw a conceal-carry bill; Governor Jeb Bush hails law stiffening sentences of those who use guns in crimes...