News & Updates
Light Cigarettes Class Action
2009
| 29 Sep | Ont. Launches $50 B tobacco lawsuit (Source: cbc.ca) (129 KB) |
2006
| 11 May | Huge win for smokers wanting to sue over cigarettes branded "light" (9 KB) |
| 11 May | BC Court allows lawsuit against big tobacco companies to go on (13 KB) |
2005
| 14 Feb | Light, mild and misleading Cigarette labelling fools one in four smokers, studies say (78 KB) |
| 8 Feb | B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action suit against Imperial Tobacco (98 KB) |
| 8 Feb | 'Mild' cigarette lawsuit gets green light (new window) |
2004
| 25 Oct | Tobacco companies must be held accountable for deliberately deceiving their customers: www.smoke-free.ca. |
| 25 Oct | The parties argued the question of class "certification" before Madam Justice Satanove of the British Columbia Supreme Court on October 25 to October 30, 2004. At the conclusion of the hearing, Madam Justice Satanove reserved her decision to carefully consider all of the evidence and legal arguments. Her Honour's decision, when released, will determine whether or not this case can forward as a class action. |
2003
1999
| Jan | Consumer Health Warning "Light" and "Mild" Cigarettes (43 KB) |
| Jan | Background on Light and Mild Cigarettes By Physicians for a smoke-free Canada (33 KB) |