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Article: Court rules 'truth' does not violate settlement.(NATION IN BRIEF)(cases on smoking)(Brief article)
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- The Nation's Health
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- September 1, 2006
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The Delaware Supreme Court ruled in July that the American Legacy Foundation's smoking prevention campaign does not violate the 1998 multistate tobacco settlement.
The Lorillard Tobacco Company notified the American Legacy Foundation in 2002 that it would file suit based on claims that the "truth" smoking prevention campaign violated the tobacco settlement by vilifying and personally attacking tobacco companies rather than educating about tobacco products. Foundation lawyers argued successfully that the truth campaign actually complied with the tobacco settlement by educating young people about the addictiveness and health ...