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Smoke-filled rooms : a postmortem on the tobacco deal / W. Kip Viscusi.

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The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled 243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. Two key questions drove the lawsuits and the attendant settlement: Do smokers understand the risks of smoking? And does smo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Viscusi, W. Kip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Series:Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Tobacco industry > Government policy > United States.
Cigarette industry > United States.
Cigarette smoke > Health aspects > United States.
Advertising > Cigarettes > Government policy > United States.
Tobacco industry > Law and legislation > United States.
Smoking > Law and legislation > United States.
Tobacco industry.
Tobacco industry
Advertising > Cigarettes > Government policy
Cigarette industry
Cigarette smoke > Health aspects
Smoking > Law and legislation
Tobacco industry > Government policy
Tobacco industry > Law and legislation
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The proposed federal settlement
  • The settlement of the state lawsuits
  • The financial costs of smoking to society
  • The financial costs to the states and the federal government
  • Environmental tobacco smoke
  • Risk beliefs and addiction
  • Youth smoking: beyond Joe Camel
  • Promoting safer cigarettes
  • Lessons from the tobacco deal.

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