[...] the purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the perceptions of college students toward light cigarettes compared to regular cigarettes and ultra-light cigarettes compared to light cigarettes to assess whether students perceive these cigarettes as safer and whether their perceptions differ based on their smoking status (nonsmoker, former smoker, social smoker, or regular smoker). According to Etter, Kozlowski and Perneger, (2003), ultralight smokers tend to be older, have smoked longer, are less nicotine dependent, and smoke fewer cigarettes per day than regular or light smokers.
American Lung Association offers smokers resources to quit WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Effective June 22, 2010, the most popular selling cigarettes - light cigarettes - will be phased out as part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which was signed into law on June 22, 2009. This historic day provides an opportunity for the 70 percent of smokers who want to quit to finally end their addiction to these deadly products.
After 11 years of litigation, an appeal and a few trips to federal court, a class action lawsuit against Philip Morris is almost over. The lawsuit alleges the cigarette-maker violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act by falsely claiming Marlboro Lights had less tar and nicotine than Marlboro Reds. The case is being tried in the St. Louis Circuit Court.
BANGOR - A lawsuit over the marketing of light cigarettes could be headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal judge denied a motion to apply facts found in a previous case to the current one. S. District Judge John Woodcock said in a 16-page decision issued Friday that it would not be fair to the litigants to apply the facts found by a judge in a jury-waived criminal trial in a case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against tobacco companies to the potential class-action civil suit.
Smokers can sue a tobacco company for fraud and misrepresentation in the marketing of "light" cigarettes - their claims aren't preempted by federal law governing the labeling of tobacco products, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a dismissal. The plaintiffs were long-time smokers of Camel Lights and Winston Lights. They filed a class action against R.J. Reynolds, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and unfair trade practices law by misrepresenting that smokers of the company's light cigarettes products would be exposed to less tar and nicotine.
BANGOR - Three Penobscot County residents have filed a class- action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the makers of Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights. The lawsuit is not seeking damages for personal injuries or health problems caused from cigarette smoking. Instead, it alleges that they were hoodwinked into thinking that "light" cigarettes contained less tar and nicotine. The smokers are seeking compensatory, punitive and other damages.
Joseph Pandolfino wants to help smokers quit -- by letting them smoke as much as they want. Pandolfino's company, 22nd Century Group in Clarence, is developing a genetically modified type of tobacco that has 95 percent less nicotine than so-called "light" cigarettes.
NEW YORK -- In a legal blow to the tobacco industry, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Monday that people who smoked light cigarettes that were often marketed as a safer alternative to regular cigarettes can press their fraud claim as a class-action suit. Judge Jack B. Weinstein of U.S. District Court in Brooklyn found "substantial evidence" that the manufacturers knew light cigarettes were at least as dangerous as regular cigarettes.
Smokers are being deceived if they think "light" cigarettes are healthier than regular brands, and federally sanctioned tests fuel that deception, witnesses told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday. Despite a Federal Trade Commission warning in 2000 that said the government cannot reliably measure how much tar and nicotine people inhale, more needs to be done to rein in deceptive cigarette company marketing, said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., who chaired the hearing.
WASHINGTON - No more "light" cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers. Historic anti-smoking legislation sped to its final congressional passage on Friday - after a bitter fight lasting nearly a half- century - and lawmakers and the White House quickly declared it would save the lives of thousands of smokers of all ages. Even more important, they said, the measure could keep countless young people from starting in the first
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