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Editor: C. Calvin Warriner
Profession: Cigarette & Tobacco Attorney

Category: Tobacco Litigation

In what appears to be a decision of financial importance a New York federal judge certified a nationwide class action for those who were injured by smoking "light" cigarettes. The decision moved the market lower and hammered tobacco stocks.

This decision comes on the heels of Judge Gladys Kessler's scorched earth opinion finding Big Tobacco guilty of racketeering and conspiracy in its development and marketing of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes. She went so far as to enjoin further manufacture, sale or advertising that suggested one cigarette was safer than another.

Many including the tobacco companies have known for years that there is nothing light about "light" cigarettes. Unfortunately that information has been kept from consumers.

All cigarettes are deadly killers. There is no such thing as a safer cigarette. At a minimum, this class action lawsuit for "light" cigarette smokers might educate consumers.