Toxic pesticide in cigarettes
THE RECENT ADMISSION BY LIGGET Group Inc. in the United States confirmed the longheld suspicion that cigarettes contain a potpourri of hazardous substances. In an unprecedented maove, Ligget reached a pact with more than 20 states in the United States which are currently suing the tobacco indust...
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| Language: | English |
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1997
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/33724/1/DZUL442.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/33724/ |
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| Summary: | THE RECENT ADMISSION BY LIGGET Group Inc. in the United States confirmed the longheld
suspicion that
cigarettes contain a potpourri of hazardous substances.
In an unprecedented maove, Ligget reached a pact with more than 20 states in the United States which are
currently suing the tobacco industry to recoup medical funds spent in treating smokingrelated
illnesses (such
expenditure could amount to an estimated US$600 million a year). This was a landmark event, because for the
first time, the true anatomy of the tobacco industry was exposed to the public.
Ligget broke ranks with the rest of the tobacco industry by making available "a treasuretrove
of potentially
incriminating documents that the state and local governments will rely on in the city and county lawsuits"
against other tobacco companies. |
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