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PHAI Researches Unfair Food Marketing to Kids (and those who purchase for kids)

Conferences, Food/Beverage Marketing, News /

On December 2, 2009, Mark Gottlieb and Cara Wilking presented a poster to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Eating Research program grantees in Tucson, Arizona. PHAI is exploring how state consumer protection laws can be used to address unfair and deceptive food and beverage marketing practices directed toward children or those who purchase food […]

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PHAI’s Tobacco Products Liability Project is mentioned in NY Times editorial

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A November 27, 2009 editorial entitled A Big Loss for Big Tobacco, stated: Last week’s $300 million verdict, which could still be reversed or reduced on appeal, provides a strong incentive for others to sue. Big awards can send a message to the tobacco industry, or be regarded as simply a cost of doing business.

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Tobacco Products Liability Project hails $244 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris as “entirely proportionate to the level of reprehensible misconduct by the company”

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Jury Hits Philip Morris with $300 Million Verdict in Individual Trial in Florida – 8th Verdict for Florida Plaintiffs this Year.

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PHAI Creates Newsletter

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PHAI Fall, 2007 Newsletter We want to keep readers who are interested in the public health law work we do apprised of our programs and projects.  To help accomplish this, we have created a newsletter summarizing some highlights.  In this edition, we feature an article discussing our international human rights-based approach to tobacco control.  Enjoy.

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