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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 29 The tobacco Industry |
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| | The tobacco Industry: General |
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| | After a jury in Jacksonville awarded smoker Grady Carter $750,000 in damages in |
| | August 1996, the stock prices of Philip Morris and RJR dropped 14% and 13%, |
| | respectively, in one day, even though these tobacco companies were not directly |
| | involved in the litigation. |
| | NEJM, January 23, 1997, p. 306 |
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| | Documents from Brown and Williamson demonstrated that as long ago as the 1960's, |
| | the tobacco industry knew nicotine was an addictive drug and smoking caused |
| | cancer and other disease, and that it developed a sophisticated legal and public |
| | relations strategy to keep this information away from the public, public health |
| | authorities, and the courts. |
| | JAMA, March 5, 1997, p. 751 |
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| | A quote from Cancer Wars (pp. 129-130) about a tobacco industry strategy: |
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