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Litigation
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have been hundreds of lawsuits involving tobacco including:
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employees, customers, prisoners, and tenants have sued employers,
proprietors, prisons, landlords, and condo associations about
secondhand smoke
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parents in child custody suits and child welfare agencies have
sought to protect children from secondhand smoke
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individuals have brought actions for assault against smokers
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employees and unions have challenged smokefree air policies
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smokers and nonsmokers have claimed handicap discrimination
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governments and health insurers have sued tobacco companies for
reimbursement for medical care costs
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smokers and nonsmoking flight attendants, individually and in
class-actions, have sued tobacco companies for damages
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citizen groups (aka tobacco-industry front groups) have sued governments
that enacted tobacco-control legislation.
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employees, customers, prisoners, and tenants have sued employers,
proprietors, prisons, landlords, and condo associations about
secondhand smoke
The Tobacco Control Resource Center at Northeastern University School of Law publishes Summary of Legal Cases Regarding Smoking in the Workplace and Other Places. It's not available online (as this is written) but you can get their contact information from their website: www.tobacco.neu.edu.
updated January 28, 2010
This information is created by the Tobacco Control Policy and Legal Resource Center of New Jersey GASP, which provides expert information, guidance, and technical assistance about policy, legislation, and litigation, especially regarding smokefree air. Major funding for this service is provided by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJ DHSS).The information presented on this website is not intended as, nor to be construed, or used, as legal advice, and should not be used to replace the advice of your legal counsel.