Comments on: Justices Attack Gov, but even an incompetent FTC may preempt States http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2008/10/06/justices-blow-ill-wind-toward-good/ Blogging U.S. vs. Philip Morris, Inc. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jon Krueger http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2008/10/06/justices-blow-ill-wind-toward-good/#comment-62894 Jon Krueger Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:55:30 +0000 http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2008/10/06/justices-blow-ill-wind-toward-good/#comment-62894 All of which should inform everyone's understanding of the Philip Morris bill for FDA regulation of tobacco: S625/HR1108. Even an incompetent FDA may pre-empt too -- giving the tobacco industry teflon in court the likes of which we have never seen. Tobacco financial analyst Bonnie Herzog (3.5/07): this bill "could prevent future litigation". Tobacco analyst David Adelman (2/15/07): this bill gives the tobacco industry "an additional and potentially effective legal defense" Future Big Tobacco court utterance: "Yes, your honor, we see all these sick, dying customers here -- but they smoked FDA approved cigarettes. We knew inside the company and industry that such reassurances meant nothing, but we liked the profits we got by misleading customers, and we knew FDA regulation would protect us from our lies when the customers started getting sick. Gotta go!" All of which should inform everyone’s understanding of the Philip Morris bill for FDA regulation of tobacco: S625/HR1108. Even an incompetent FDA may pre-empt too — giving the tobacco industry teflon in court the likes of which we have never seen.

Tobacco financial analyst Bonnie Herzog (3.5/07): this bill “could prevent future litigation”.

Tobacco analyst David Adelman (2/15/07): this bill gives the tobacco industry “an additional and potentially effective legal defense”

Future Big Tobacco court utterance: “Yes, your honor, we see all these sick, dying customers here — but they smoked FDA approved cigarettes. We knew inside the company and industry that such reassurances meant nothing, but we liked the profits we got by misleading customers, and we knew FDA regulation would protect us from our lies when the customers started getting sick. Gotta go!”

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