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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Time article on tobacco litigation in Europe.

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

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

Summary of an individual case against Philip Morris.

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.

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