Major tobacco manufacturers in the US have from yesterday been compelled to include on their websites so-called corrective statements.
Altria, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Lorillard have been ordered by a federal court to make the statements.
The statements cover the health effects of smoking; the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine; low-tar and light cigarettes; the design of cigarettes; and the health effects of second-hand smoke.
According to a CNBC story relayed by the TMA, the statements were ordered on May 1 as part of a 2006 federal court decision that found the major cigarette manufacturers had defrauded the public about the health risks of their products.
CNBC said that the statements must be included also with cigarette packs as ‘onserts’ by November 21, running for 12 weeks over two years.
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