AP: Tobacco companies fight for 'light'

[Eugene]

Thursday, August 31, 2006 · Last updated 4:31 p.m. PT

Tobacco companies fight for 'light'

By MATT APUZZO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- A group of tobacco companies asked a federal judge
on Thursday to let them continue marketing "low tar" and "light"
cigarettes overseas, two weeks after she banned the practice
in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Aug. 17 that the nation's
top cigarette makers violated racketeering laws and deceived the
public for years about the health hazards of smoking.

Kessler ordered the companies to stop using terms such as "light"
on their products, saying such cigarettes are no safer than others.
She also ordered the companies to publish in newspapers and on their
Web sites "corrective statements" on the adverse health effects
and addictiveness of smoking and nicotine.

In court documents filed Thursday, tobacco lawyers asked Kessler
to clarify that ruling to let them continue their marketing practices
and selling so-called "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes overseas.

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Full article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Tobacco_Lawsuit.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. gosh darn it!you mean my camel lights can't be called camel lights anymore

????
how can i ask for them at SuperAmerica? 8^P