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Jump to full article: Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram, 2005-04-09
Author: From Staff Reports
Intro: 1. In general, do you feel that exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke is a serious health hazard, a moderate health hazard, a minor health hazard or not a health hazard at all?
Serious health hazard, 50; Moderate health hazard, 26; Minor health hazard, 14; Not a health hazard at all, 8; Don't know/no answer 2
2. How concerned are you about the health effects of second-hand smoke ... would you say very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
Very concerned, 42; Somewhat concerned, 28; Not very concerned, 17; Not at all concerned, 12; Don't know/no answer, 1
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Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2003-06-06
Intro: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation said today that it has received a stay in a "lights" low tar class action, known as the Howard case, in Madison County, Illinois. The case is in the same jurisdiction in which the widely reported Price/Miles case resulted in a verdict against Philip Morris USA.
In response to Brown & Williamson's motion, the court stayed all further proceedings in the case. Brown & Williamson asked the court for the stay in light of the appeal filed by Philip Morris in the Price/Miles case, which raised similar legal issues.
Because various issues on appeal in the Miles case will impact directly the Howard case, the circuit court ruled that all proceedings, including discovery, would be stayed until further order of the court.
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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2003-06-06
Intro: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., the third-largest U.S. cigarette maker, said on Friday it got a stay in class action "lights" cigarettes case in the same Illinois jurisdiction where a judge found against rival Philip Morris USA in a similar suit earlier this year.
The court stayed all further proceedings in the Howard case because issues on appeal in the case against Philip Morris, known as Miles, would directly impact the case against Brown & Williamson, the Louisville, Kentucky-based company said.
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Jump to full article: Dow Jones via Yahoo, 2003-06-06
Author: Andrew Wallmeyer; Dow Jones Newswires
Intro: British American Tobacco PLC's Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. received a stay in a class action lawsuit alleging the company deceived consumers by advertising "low-tar" cigarettes, with the court waiting on the outcome of Phillip Morris USA Inc.'s appeal of a similar case. . .
The prosecuting law firm in the Phillip Morris case also filed the Brown & Williamson suit in the same jurisdiction.
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Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Business Journal, 2003-06-06
Intro: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. has received a stay in its class-action tobacco suit being heard in Madison County, Ill.
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