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Article: American Lung Association Applauds Decision Finding Tobacco Companies Guilty of Civil Racketeering
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 17, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by
John L. Kirkwood, president and CEO of the American Lung Association:
-- American Lung Association Applauds Decision Finding Tobacco
Companies Guilty of Civil Racketeering
-- Disappointed by failure to require financial support for
cessation and public education campaigns
"The American Lung Association commends U.S. District Court Judge
Gladys Kessler for ruling today in the interest of the public health.
After reviewing hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence and expert
testimony, Judge Kessler reached the correct conclusion: Tobacco
companies have engaged in a decades-long, fraudulent scheme to
deceive the American ...