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United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. was a case in which the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held several major tobacco companies liable for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act by engaging in numerous acts of fraud to further a conspiracy to deceive the American public about nicotine addiction and the health effects of ...
MPOWER is a policy package intended to assist in the country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco, as ratified by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. [1] The six evidence-based components of MPOWER are: Since its launch in New York City by WHO on 7 February ...
The states settled their Medicaid lawsuits against the tobacco industry for recovery of their tobacco-related health-care costs. [1] : 25 In exchange, the companies agreed to curtail or cease certain tobacco marketing practices , as well as to pay, in perpetuity, various annual payments to the states to compensate them for some of the medical ...
XI. Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by Texas abortion providers and abortion rights advocates that challenged the constitutionality of the Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that outlaws abortions after six weeks. [1] The Texas Heartbeat Act prohibits state officials from enforcing ...
Tobacco politics refers to the politics surrounding the use and distribution of tobacco . In the United States, from the 1950s until the 1990s, tobacco industries wielded great influence in shaping public opinion on the health risks of tobacco. [1] [2] [3] Despite the efforts of public health advocates, scientists, and those affected by smoking ...
An ongoing lawsuit filed in 2020 accused the drugmaker of using a charity that helps cover Medicare patients' drug costs as a means to pay kickbacks for using Eylea. The company denies wrongdoing.
Glaxo's $3 billion settlement included the largest civil False Claims Act settlement on record, [1] and Pfizer’s $2.3 billion ($3.5 billion in 2022) settlement including a record-breaking $1.3 billion criminal fine. [2] Legal claims against the pharmaceutical industry have varied widely over the past two decades, including Medicare and ...
By Brendan Pierson. (Reuters) -New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and ...