Further compounding the problem is the relative lack of smoke-free laws and other tobacco-control policies designed to protect the public and encourage cessation
The defendants lied about the devastating health effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke, they suppressed research, they destroyed documents, they manipulated the use of nicotine so as to increase and perpetuate addiction, they distorted the truth about low tar and light cigarettes so as to discourage smokers from quitting, and they abused the legal system in order to achieve their goal to make money with little, if any, regard for individual illness and suffering, soaring health costs, or the integrity of the legal system, Kessler said in her final opinion
Because e-cigarettes contain nicotine derived from tobacco, they are now subject to government regulation as tobacco products
Complaints about access to medical records are among the top five issues investigated by the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services
