Judge: Big Tobacco Guilty of Decades of Deception

Fox News ^ | Thursday, August 17, 2006 | AP

[stm]

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered tobacco companies Thursday to admit they lied about the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes and to warn consumers in advertisements and packaging that tobacco is addictive.

[clueless123]

Remember, according to the Left, they (the Left) are the only ones who do not have to play by the rules.

[traditional1]

Not specifically replying to YOUR post, but it won't be long before the Lawyers file another "big tobacco" wealth-appropriation bill (aka, civil suit) for "global warming contributions of smoking cigarettes"....

I believe the NEWEST ruling against big tobacco today is for the tidy sum of $10 billion (which will mean at least $5 billion for the lawyers).

[backhoe]

In the 1930's,cigarettes were routinely referred to as "coffin nails".

When my Father started smoking in 1906, his Dad remarked, "Son, I've known an awful lot of old men who smoke pipes and cigars. Don't know many old cigarette smokers..."

[calex59]

Where the hell has this judge been? Tobacco companies have had to put warnings in ads and on packaging since the 1960s. This judge must have been living on the moon.

[SmithL]

Photo:  Beverly Rezneck  Chambers:  (202) 354-3440 Courtroom Deputy:    Tonya Hightower (202) 354-3147 Court Reporter:    Susan Tyner (202) 371-2230

Judge Gladys Kessler Judge Kessler was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in July 1994.  She received a B.A. from Cornell University and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.  Following graduation, Judge Kessler was employed by the National Labor Relations Board, served as Legislative Assistant to a U.S. Senator and a U.S. Congressman, worked for the New York City Board of Education, and then opened a public interest law firm.  In June 1977, she was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  From 1981 to 1985, Judge Kessler served as Presiding Judge of the Family Division and was a major architect of one of the nation’s first Multi-Door Courthouses.  She served as President of the National Association of Women Judges from 1983 to 1984, and now serves on the Executive Committee of the ABA’s Conference of Federal Trial Judges and the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and Management.

[tom paine 2]

This is like " Groundhog Day "

[Gay State Conservative]

"Son, I've known an awful lot of old men who smoke pipes and cigars. Don't know many old cigarette smokers..."

In his later years,George Burns had a great line about his cigar smoking "three doctors have told me to stop smoking.Two are dead and the third isn't feeling too well".

[stm]

Rita Rudner, the comedienne once joked that "there are warnings on beer and wine that pregnant women should not drink. If it were not for alcohol most women wouldn't even be that way"

[backhoe]

In his later years,George Burns had a great line about his cigar smoking "three doctors have told me to stop smoking.Two are dead and the third isn't feeling too well".

Well, my Dad made it to within a month of his 95th birthday- though in truth, he did quit in his seventies. He was fond of quoting "I've known more old drunks than old Doctors."

[Chode]

BIG COURT is gettin out of hand...

[NormsRevenge]

William J. Clinton appointee, March 22, 1994
http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1270

[Hot Tabasco]

"there are warnings on beer and wine that pregnant women should not drink. If it were not for alcohol most women wouldn't even be that way"

LOL!

[freepatriot32]

ping

[Alter Kaker]

Is there anybody in America who doesn't know that cigarettes are addictive and harmful to your health?

Not only are there such people, but there's a large community of them on FreeRepublic. Daily, you'll see them denying tobacco's health effects. Sad cases.

[Gabz]

Is there anybody in America who doesn't know that cigarettes are addictive and harmful to your health?

Not only are there such people, but there's a large community of them on FreeRepublic. Daily, you'll see them denying tobacco's health effects. Sad cases.

I had originally planned on not bothering my Nanny State Ping list until I read this particular idiocy.........the idiocy is the bolded comments, not the ones that are only italicized.

The poster of the bolded comment has a tendency to post entire websites, that cause people who are on dialup to have thier computers lockup and require rebooting.

And that person has the nerve to talk about sad cases.........????

The sad cases are those types that insist on the use of government guns to get their way.........apparently Alter Kaker is one of them.

[Alter Kaker]

The sad cases are those types that insist on the use of government guns to get their way.........apparently Alter Kaker is one of them.

When have I ever advocated the use of government to do anything? Are you making things up again, Gabz?

The poster of the bolded comment has a tendency to post entire websites,

I'm sorry, but the scientific evidence proving you wrong doesn't always fit in a pithy five word response. Perhaps you should consider investing in a decent internet connection.

[Gabz]

This is just like...........too trucking fuch.........

[Gabz]

Perhaps you should consider investing in a decent internet connection.

EXCUSE ME..........who are you to tell me what I should do? Oh that's right, you're an anti-smoker bigot who believes you are within your rights to tell others what to do.

For your information, skippy, I live in a rural area, if you have a means of getting Verizon, or anyone else to out here to upgrade stuff, go for it, I'll be all supportive.

Now to the topic at hand. I'm thrilled you are so cognizant of the empidemiologic studies reagrind SHS. Can you provide me with a few that show true statistical signifcance?

As I plan to shortly call it a night AND have a full day tomorrow, I won't witch if you take a while to find what I asked for.

People like you always amuse me. I was on a radio talk show a couple of months ago after the host had talked about his huffing and puffing years ago, going up the stairs to the second floor to his office at the newspaper he worked for. All I could do was laugh at him on the air. He was talking about when he was 30, when I was laughing at him I had just finished hand tilling, with a hoe, nearly a 1/4 acre of ground.........I'm 45. He doesn't denigrate smokers anymore. And he's an ex-smoker.

[Cobra64]

[A CA Guy]

Hasn't there been a warning on the packages since the 60s?

How were they deceptive?
People knew they are cancer sticks for decades.