Some cigarette brands contain higher amounts of super-addictive “freebase” nicotine than others, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health and Science University.
“We believe that this study is a major step forward in understanding how addictive nicotine is delivered by tobacco smoke,” said James F. Pankow, Ph.D., professor of environmental and biomolecular systems […]

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren Ettinger reduced the largest punitive damages award ever granted in an individual smoking case, from $28 billion to $28 million. Judge Ettinger ruled the original award was excessive because it was 33,000 times greater than the $850,000 in compensatory damages in the case. The ruling reducing the award was […]