Bending the Third Rail
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
Laaawsuit
This is why tort reform should not happen:
The WP, following a Boston Globe scoop, fronts a piece that says that scientific studies have determined that the amount of nicotine in cigarettes increased an average of 10 percent between 1998 and 2004. The cigarette companies say they have no idea how it could have happened. A judge in a recent federal lawsuit determined that the companies have "designed their cigarettes to precisely control nicotine delivery levels." More nicotine makes cigarettes more addictive and harder to quit.
Whaaaaa!

How'd that happen?

More nicotine in our product? Must've been an unusual bumper crop of specialized tobacco or something. OR. It's global warming causing the plants to (without our knowledge) to put more nicotine in!

We don't know nuthin' about the birthin' of no babies!
Written at 9:07 AM by Greyhair.
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3 Comments:
Blogger Lynne said...
Hey, maybe we could use some of that warrantless wiretapping on the tobacco companies! We could also listen to their phone calls and read their emails. That would solve the puzzle rather quickly.
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11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
If the companies have no hold on what they're stuffing those papers with, they should recall all their goods, as they don't comform to standards set forth, partially, by them.
9:04 AM  
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