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How regulations grow

In the modern regulatory environment, fair competition is assured not by lowering taxes but by raising them on everyone.
Calls soar to hot lines helping smokers quit

The help centers are bracing for even more calls now that Congress has toughened tobacco regulation.
Supreme Court dismisses appeal in tobacco case with $79.5 million verdict

The case was considered one of the most important of the current term because it suggested the justices were headed into a showdown with the Supreme Court of Oregon.
First of 8,000 antitobacco suits to go to trial in Florida

Once part of a huge class action lawsuit, plaintiffs are now waging fights one at a time.
Supreme Court rules smokers can sue over 'light' cigarette claims

The decision will make it easier for local residents to recover damages from national firms, consumer groups say.
US Supreme Court takes up tobacco case for third time

The case involves an ongoing tug of war between the high court and the highest court in Oregon.
Supreme Court to decide if Maine smokers can sue

The case, to be heard Monday, will determine if the smokers' suit alleging fraudulent ads about 'low tar' cigarettes can go to trial.
Cabby fights for a clean ride in smoker-friendly Japan

The number of smoke-free cabs has surged since a 2005 ruling in a case brought by Koichi Yasui.
$79 million smoker case not over

The U.S Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear – again – a case in which Philip Morris is disputing the size of a damage award.
Let the FDA oversee tobacco

Congress is closer than ever to bringing tobacco under federal regulation.