WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Washington has ordered major tobacco companies to broadly publish statements that acknowledge deliberate deception about the adverse health effects of smoking.
The judge, Gladys Kessler of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on Nov. 27 rejected claims from lawyers for the companies that portions of the so-called “corrective statements” violated First Amendment rights. The statements, the judge said, “pass constitutional muster.”
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