The judges scorching decision reads: Over the course of more than 50 years, Defendants lied, misrepresented, and deceived the American public, including smokers and the young people they avidly sought as replacement smokers, about the devastating health effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke, they suppressed research, they destroyed documents, they manipulated the use of nicotine so as to increase and perpetuate addiction, they distorted the truth about low tar and light cigarettes so as to discourage smokers from quitting, and they abused the legal system to achieve their goal to make money with little, if any, regard for individual illness and suffering, soaring health costs, or the integrity of the legal system. Ultimately, the Kent Micronite filter is a striking example of corporate cynicism
in need of recognition to God
When the public started becoming concerned about the potential health risks of cigarettes - even as far back as the 1950s - tobacco companies responded by making changes to cigarettes, such as lowering tar levels and adding menthol flavour, the researchers noted
Plain packaging implementation will in most cases mean that cigarette packs must include graphic images of the damage caused by smoking which will be aimed at both adult smokers and the young
We also have to deal with anti-smokers treating us like criminals
