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1. REYNOLDS SETTLES SUITS IN 3 STATES OVER CIGARETTE ADS.

Subjects
*LEGAL settlement, *CIGARETTE advertising, *AFRICAN American children
Abstract

Reports that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco has settled lawsuits with the states of Illinois, Maryland and New York over a promotion for its Kool brand. Claim that the Kool advertising used hip-hop music to market the cigarettes to black children.

Published
2004

2. Court won't get involved in tobacco patent fight.

Subjects
PATENT infringement, PATENT suits, TOBACCO industry, ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article reports on the refusal of the Supreme Court to get involved with the tobacco patent fight between R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Star Scientific Inc. on March 9, 2009 in Buffalo, New York. The author states that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has been sued by Star Scientific Inc. due to the allege infringement of its patent on a way to cure tobacco that may make it less carcinogenic. However, the trial court indicates that the patents are unenforceable.

Published
2009

3. Asbestos subpoena quashed.

Author

Raloff, J.

Subjects
*SUBPOENA
Abstract

Focuses on the subpoena request by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in New York City. Impact of exposure to asbestos and smoking on health; View of Irving Selikoff, asbestos researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, on the issue; Pending resolution of the subpoena.

Published
1987

4. Judge snuffs out lawsuit by smoker who lit up in '50s.

Subjects
LEGAL judgments, APPELLATE courts
Abstract

Reports on a ruling made by Judge Ute Wolfe Lally of the New York Supreme Court for Nassau County, on claims by Selma Rosen against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. Details of the claims of the woman; Statement from J. Jeffery Raborn, senior counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., on the claims of the plaintiff.

Published
2005

5. Ex-Winston man: Cigarette advertising promotes myth.

Subjects
CIGARETTE advertising, SMOKING, MODELS (Persons), CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

The article reports that David Goerlitz, a former commercial model of Winston cigarette, admitted that the macho image he projected while hanging on cliffs and flying jets in cigarette advertisements was a myth. Goerlitz was the main speaker in a forum on smoking law and health risks of smoking held in New York. He mentioned that cigarette advertising is a way to encourage young people to smoke.

Published
1990

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