Description
This publication offers nationwide coverage of litigation involving and affecting the tobacco industry. It focuses on in-depth coverage of individual cases and class actions against tobacco companies by both smokers and nonsmokers who claim injuries or nicotine addiction from cigarette smoke. It also provides detailed, ongoing coverage of attempts by health care insurers and providers to recoup costs associated with tobacco-related illnesses, actions alleging injury from environmental tobacco smoke, antismoking legislation and ordinances, regulatory actions by the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies, litigation involving tobacco advertising and promotion, and lawsuits arising from the nationwide Master Settlement Agreement.