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Light Cigarette Smokers Get Class-Action Status

Light-Cigarette-Smokers-Get-Class-Action-Status-Article-Vanessa-OConnell-The-Wall-Street-Journal-September-26-2006.pdf
Article detailing the launch of a class action suit against tobacco firms for fraud in advertising light cigarettes, including a history of the case

Low-Nitrosamine Cigarettes Go On Sale

Low-Nitrosamine-Cigarettes-Go-On-Sale-Article-Article-Adrian-Zawada-Winston-Salem-Journal-October-3-2000.pdf
Article detailing the launch of a cigarette product with lower levels of a known carcinogen

Go-Ahead for 'Light' Tobacco Court Fight

Go-Ahead-For-Light-Tobacco-Court-Fight-Article-Lauren-Foster-The-Financial-Times-September-26-2006.pdf
Article detailing the proceeding of a class-action lawsuit against cigarette manufacturers for defrauding consumers with marketing claims on "light" cigarettes

Companies Want To Sell Light

Companies-Want-To-Sell-Light-Article-Associated-Press-Winston-Salem-Journal-September-1-2006.pdf
AP Article detailing tobacco companies' efforts to maintain right to market cigarettes as "light" outside of the US after being order to drop such labeling domestically

Tobacco Industry Seeks Approval To Sell Light Cigarettes Overseas

Tobacco-Industry-Seeks-Approval-To-Sell-Light-Cigarettes-Overseas-Article-Associated-Press-Birmingham-News-September-1-2006.pdf
AP Article detailing tobacco companies' efforts to maintain right to market cigarettes as "light" outside of the US after being order to drop such labeling domestically

Less Smoke Around You Ad

Less-smoke-around-you-Advertisement-Accord-Philip-Morris-Incorporated-Richmond-Times-Dispatch-February-3-2001.jpg
Advertisement for Accord cigarettes featuring their self-contained lighter system and claim for "less smoke around you"

Virtually No Lingering Odor Ad

Virtually-no-lingering-odor-Advertisement-Accord-Philip-Morris-Incorporated-Richmond-Times-Dispatch-February-3-2001.jpg
Advertisement for Accord cigarettes featuring their "self contained" lighter system

Step Your Way To Nicotine Free

Step-your-way-to-nicotine-free-advertisement-Quest-Vector-tobacco-USA-weekend-March-16-2003_1.jpg
Ad for Quest cigarettes featuring "steps" of lower nicotine products advertised to help smokers lower nicotine intake

Discover The Additive Free Alternative, Death

Discover-The-Additive-Free-Alternative-Death.pdf
Parody of American Spirit ads, highlighting the still-dangerous nature of the cigarettes

Natural Tastes Better

Natural-taste-better-advertisement-American-Spirit-Santa-Fe-Natural-Tobacco-Company-Time-Out-New-York-September-10-2008.jpg
Ad for American Spirit Cigarettes that features a pair a packs and the 'additive free' claim