Cigarette firms must run ads saying they lied
November 28, 2012
Tobacco companies must advertise that they "deliberately deceived" Americans about the health dangers of smoking and manipulated their products to increase addiction, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler.
The three cigarette giants -- Philip Morris, Reynolds and Lorillard -- must also state that smoking is responsible for 1,200 deaths every day and that secondhand smoke kills more than 3,000 Americans a year. The ruling finalizes wording for the ads, which she ordered in 2006 after finding that the cigarette giants violated racketeering laws.
Cigarette firms must run ads saying they lied