Tobacco companies possess delayed correcting false statements for eleven years since a federal court ordered them to achieve soEleven years after a federal court found tobacco companies conspired to deceive the American public,the companies will air television and newspaper ads to correct lies they told over the course of the 20th century.
The “corrective statements” to be aired beginning 26 November are section of a 2006 judgment against tobacco companies, which found companies such as RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris broke anti-racketeering laws, and lied about how cigarettes harmed health and denied their efforts to market cigarettes to children. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk