Sentences with phrase «tobacco companies target»

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Evidence uncovered in the recent tobacco litigation demonstrates that the tobacco companies deliberately deceived the public into believing that their products were safe and non-addictive while conspiring to keep the industry's knowledge to the contrary secret, manipulated the nicotine delivery of their products to better addict consumers, and targeted children in their advertising campaigns.

The food industry has become the focus of plaintiff - side lawyers that once targeted big tobacco companies.

March 12, 2002 Cigarette ads target youth, violating $ 250 billion 1998 settlement Despite an explicit ban since 1998 on directing advertising at children, U.S. tobacco companies selectively increased youth targeting in 1999 and 2000 report researchers from the University of Chicago.

Decreasing soluble epoxide hydrolase has become a target by drug companies, in order to produce medication in order to reduce hypertension, inflammation and tobacco - induced lung inflammation.

At the time, the vast majority of racing sponsors were beer, tobacco, or automotive companies, and Target was a largely regional retailer with 400 stores.

In this regard, they invoke previous divestment campaigns, such as those targeting apartheid South Africa and the tobacco industry, and argue that divesting from fossil fuel companies is a moral act.

As with tobacco suits, it wasn't until litigants began targeting tobacco companies» failure to disclose nicotine's addictive qualities that their suits finally stuck, overcoming tobacco companies» argument that warnings on cigarette boxes shielded them from liability.