Announcement of conference for plaintiffs and the public health community only, scheduled for November 22-24, 2002 in San Francisco.

Article describes the different types of litigation outstanding against tobacco companies.

Columnist comments on a trial outcome, summarizes the judge's decision and reasoning.

Howard Acosta has sued tobacco companies about 150 times, without earning a penny, but he's no quitter.

Profile of Cheryl Perry, an epidemiology professor at the University of Minnesota, who become an expert in the industry's own words on promoting cigarettes to children.

Op-ed examines society's tendency to blame smokers, and explains why juries are less willing to do so: tobacco industry recruiting of kids, decades-long efforts to cloud the issue, and engineering of product for addiction.

Presents several individual and class-action trials, with updates.

Presents the case of Roland Maddox and the background of "50 years of tobacco industry conspiracy".

Transcript of panel discussion on tobacco ligitagion, focusing on public health benefits, with emphasis on Florida's suit against the tobacco industry.

In public the tobacco industry says "everyone knew" the risks of smoking. But this 1973 survey secretly done for Philip Morris showed that only 3.1% of smokers were aware of the Surgeon General's health warning.

Legal analysis concludes the tobacco industry's fraudulent manipulation of the attorney-client privilege was intended to cover up scientific information the industry had about the product.

In an interview, Robert Blankey, a former federal prosecuter and the author of the federal RICO statute, compares the cigarette industry to the Mafia and recommends using RICO laws to criminally prosecute the tobacco industry.

News article covers how the tobacco industry designed and promoted "light" cigarettes to create an safer image, but not a safer product.

Summary and policy paper argues for litigation as a means to expose and roll back the deceit designed by the industry to influence public policy.

Report in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.

LA Times article explores why once-secret tobacco industry letters, memos, and reports are hurting the industry in court and opening the eyes of the public.

Coverage in the Kansas City Star about a major tobacco industry law firm.

The trial team that won the Boeken trial is profiled.

An essay by Harvard Law professor Kip Viscusi arguing that the settlement of the lawsuit against tobacco firms didn't penalize those firms, but instead penalized smokers, the so-called victims.

Notre Dame Law School professor outlines the case against the tobacco industry in both lay terms and legal prose.

Outlines decades of tobacco industry campaigns designed to mislead the public about cigarettes, resulting in extraordinary profits for the industry and devastating consequences for the public's health.

Summary of an individual case against Philip Morris.

Policy journal analyzes tobacco industry destruction of evidence committed in litigation of an Australian smoker.

Time article on tobacco litigation in Europe.

Policy position from the American Society of Addiction Medicine; opposes special protection in court for the tobacco industry.

News item covers how BATco's destruction of documents in an Australian case may affect other tobacco litigation.

The facts on big tobacco on trial, from the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.

130 page report from the Norwegian Directory for Health, Department for Tobacco Control.

Information on tobacco trials for plaintiffs and attorneys; news and announcements; backgrounders for media and the public.

Outlines the legal liabilities for business owners that permit indoor smoking, and warns why tobacco-sponsored ventilation programs will not protect the business owner from those liabilities.

Supports and represents those who fight on behalf of consumers injured or killed by tobacco. Membership is open to those with a substantial interest in fighting consumer cases.

Discussion of documents obtained through U.S. litigation against tobacco companies, and how it affects the potential for similar litigation in Canada. From the Canadian Medical Association Journal.