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LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Twenty-Nine States Urge FDA To Strengthen Proposed Regulation Of E-Cigarettes To Protect Kids
States Propose Restrictions On Advertising To Youth, Bans On Flavored E-Cigarettes Current FDA Proposal Falls Far Short Of What Is Needed To Protect Our Youth The attorneys general of Illinois, Indiana, Massachussetts, and New York, have co-sponsored...
LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law Blog
Fire Safe Cigarette Law In Massachusetts Linked To Drop In House Fires
A six-year-old Massachusetts law [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], requiring that only “fire-safe” cigarettes (FSCs) be sold in the state appears to decrease the likelihood of unintentional residential fires caused by...
State Net
over 8 years ago
Tax Law
State & Local Taxation
State Net Capitol Journal – April 7, 2014; Cigarette Taxes Spurring Costly Crime
Budget & Taxes CIGARETTE TAXES SPURRING COSTLY CRIME: Forty-seven states, the District of Columbia and New York City have increased their tobacco taxes a total of 113 times since 2000, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. All that...
State Net
over 8 years ago
Tax Law
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State Net Capitol Journal – March 24, 2014; Ohioans Debate Impact Of Tobacco Tax Hike On State's Smokers
Budget & Taxes OHIOANS DEBATE IMPACT OF TOBACCO TAX HIKE ON STATE'S SMOKERS: Some Ohioans believe Gov. John Kasich's (R) proposal this month to raise the tax on every pack of cigarettes sold in Ohio by 60 cents to help pay for an income...
Ted Zwayer
over 9 years ago
Public Policy
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Michael Lefkowitz
over 9 years ago
Florida
Florida Law Blog
Florida Appeals Court Strikes Punitive Damages, Orders Remittitur On Others In Tobacco Case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - (Mealey's) A Florida appeals court conditionally struck $5 million in punitive damages from a tobacco wrongful death suit June 12 and directed a trial judge to grant remittitur on $15 million in survivors' consortium claims...
Michael Lefkowitz
over 9 years ago
Florida
Florida Law Blog
Florida Appeals Court Vacates Punitive Damages, Allows Compensatories, In Tobacco Case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida appeals court vacated $50,000 in punitive damages in a smoking wrongful death case Aug. 14, but allowed a compensatory damages award of approximately $957,000 to stand ( R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
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Children in nonsmoking families have higher levels of secondhand exposure if they live in multifamily dwellings
Prior posts have noted some of the chemical and adverse health effects that arise from the smoking of tobacco; a recent post also discussed the science developed to date regarding so-called thirdhand smoke. Children who grow up in apartment buildings...
Ashlee Froese
over 10 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Law Blog
Australian Law Butts Out Branding
By Ashlee Froese of Gilbert's LLP This is not altogether related to the fashion industry but it's pretty darned interesting! And, let's face it, here at CanadaFashionLaw , we can tie almost everything back to fashion!!!! Australia recently...
Jon Hyman
over 10 years ago
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law Blog
Ohio Supreme Court upholds statewide workplace smoking ban
Thursday, May 24, 2012 On November 7, 2006, Ohio voters passed a ballot initiative to enact the Smoke Free Workplace Act. It became effective on December 7, 2006, and is codified in R.C. Chapter 3794 . Generally, to adhere to the Act, businesses...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
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Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95942 (D. Conn., 2011)
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was denied a new trial or judgment as a matter of law after a 37-year-old smoker with larynx cancer was awarded $11,952,539 against it on claims of strict liability and negligence. The "heightened addictive properties...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Lexis® Hub
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What is third-hand tobacco smoke and is it dangerous?
In general terms, the phrase "third-hand tobacco smoke" ("THS") refers to the tobacco particulates and gas that get on clothes, in hair, etc. You have smelled it when you approach a smoker, even if they are smoking at that time. Technically...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 12 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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CO: New DWC Guidelines Help Injured Workers Give Up Smoking
The Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation has approved new treatment guidelines that include smoking-cessation programs for workers with lower-back injuries, shoulder-injury treatments, and treatment for lower extremity injuries, because cessation...
International & Foreign Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
International Law
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EU, BAT cooperate against illegal cigarette trade
BRUSSELS - (AP) The European Commission and British American Tobacco Plc. announced Thursday they will cooperate to curb the trade of illegal cigarettes, which costs EU governments (EURO)10 billion in lost revenues annually. BAT, the world's second...
Michael Lefkowitz
over 9 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Florida Supreme Court Upholds $2.5 Million Verdict In Engle Tobacco Case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (Mealey's) Florida's Supreme Court on March 14 affirmed, with one dissent, a trial court's application of its landmark decision in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. (945 So. 2d 1246 [Fla. 2006]) [ enhanced version available...
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