Beginning its new term this October, the supreme court is expected to deny most of the appeals and arguments as regards law suits against tobacco companies. Out of the thousands of appeals only 10 appeals have been accepted for next year, the first being a dispute over whether federal regulation of cigarettes prevents smokers from suing tobacco companies for allegedly deceptive advertising of light cigarettes
Altria group and its subsidiary were sued by 3 Maine residents for malpractices in marketing. However the federal law forbids the state from imposing any specification for the advertisement of cigarettes,thus ruling out any such law suit.
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