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...public opinion, Ford will persevere as an innovator by adopting a proactive stance toward environmental and safety issues. Because in the end, Mr. Ford told the New York Times, if automakers continue to ignore the hazards inherent in SUVs, they run the very real risk of becoming the new tobacco industry: Recalcitrant, hated by the public and hemorrhaging millions in the form of legal fees and loss of business...
...rare chance to buy this juggernaut on sale. The trouble, of course, is that legal issues have become paramount, underscored last Friday when the Department of Justice asked that Microsoft be split in two. Until the legal cloud lifts, the stock will defy normal analysis--not unlike a tobacco stock...
UNDERAGE SMOKING Teen smoking declined in the 1980s but has increased more than one-third in the past decade. A new study says lower cigarette prices and law-bending retailers are responsible for the rise. When prices drop, more teens begin smoking. And more retailers are selling tobacco to underage kids. In Georgia, minors working undercover with police were sold cigarettes 53% of the time...
...It’s in the Bag: American Spirit cigarettes or loose tobacco and papers, Bob Marley Legends CD or Blackstar, stubbed pencils, On the Road, Oakleys...
...bold move," says TIME legal affairs writer Adam Cohen. "And it has the potential to benefit both sides." But although Weinstein's proposal would appear to be fair and beneficial to both parties, it may well end up being unworkable in the massive and varied world of tobacco-injury lawsuits. For instance, unlike previous successful class action suits, such as those involving asbestos or Agent Orange, the plaintiffs against tobacco do not all have similar cases. There are, for example, people who began smoking before warnings were issued, those who started after the warnings and those harmed by secondhand smoke...