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Guest Editorial

Tobacco legislation: time to right some wrongs

J. Taylor Hays Dr Hays is assistant professor of medicine, Mayo Medical School, and associate director, Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
, MD &
Richard D. Hurt Dr Hurt is professor of medicine, Mayo Medical School, and director, Nicotine Dependence Center.
, MD
Pages 11-12 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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Abstract

In 1994, the attorneys general of four states brought suit against the tobacco industry to recoup costs from tobacco-related diseases. Before long, most other states (41 altogether) joined this creative, unprecedented maneuver to force accountability on an industry that had rarely lost individual patient lawsuits.

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