Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Regulation Prohibiting the Sale of E-cigarettes to Minors and Requiring Use of Tamper-Resistant Packaging
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ITG Brands Sued For Failure to Disclose Formaldehyde Content of Blu E-cigarettes and For Claims That Blue Produces No Smoke, Only Vapor
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PHAI Mentioned in Boston Globe Article About Efforts to Prevent Underage Lottery Vending
In recent months, PHAI has worked with concerned parents and a national anti-predatory gambling group to address youth access to instant lottery tickets through unattended vending machines. Fears around easy access to scratch tickets by kids grew when we found that a 14-year-old was able to easily purchase tickets from lottery vending machines in supermarkets
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PHAI Litigation the Focus of Boston Globe Editorial
Today the Boston Globe’s Editorial Board published an editorial supporting the the Public Health Advocacy Institute’s efforts to stop automated lottery ticket sales to kids. Earlier this month, PHAI filed a lawsuit against Star Markets and issued to consumer rights demand to Stop & Shop, two major regional grocery chains, on behalf of the father
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PHAI Takes Cigarette Companies to Court
For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Gottlieb – 617-373-2026 The Public Health Advocacy Institute (“PHAI”) announced today that its newly formed Center for Public Health Litigation has filed lawsuits against two major tobacco companies and several local distributors on behalf of the families of two former smokers who suffered devastating disease from smoking
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Added Vitamins May Do More Harm Than Good
From the New York Times
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PHAI’s Center for Public Health Litigation Launches Ad Campaign Seeking Cigarette Industry Victims
The Center for Public Health Litigation, a project of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, has launched an advertising campaign in Massachusetts to help inform victims of cigarette companies of their legal rights. While Massachusetts is the best state in the nation to hold cigarette makers responsible in court for