NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - So-called "light" cigarettes may damage a smoker's blood vessels as much as regular cigarettes do, a small study shows. Researchers in Turkey found that among healthy young ...

New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HPSH) shows that one year after the federal government passed a law banning word descriptors such as "light," "mild," and "low" on cigarette packages ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco firms can be sued under state law for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision that could affect some 40 suits ...

SEATTLE - Two local women are taking on the tobacco industry giants and it could mean a whole lot of money in your pocket. Lower in tar. A breed apart, but not sacrificing the great taste. These are ...

Melissa Block talks with Tom Perrotta, staff reporter for the New York Law Journal, about U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, who is the presiding judge on the class action lawsuit involving "light" ...

Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court upheld a nearly $37 million judgment in favor of Patricia Walsh Greene, who claimed she was misled by Marlboro parent company Philip Morris into believing its ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on a new series of lawsuits accusing tobacco companies of misleading smokers into thinking that 'light' cigarettes are less harmful than other kinds. Even though 'light' ...

TOBACCO companies have sold “light” cigarettes for decades by promoting their supposedly low tar content, implying that this might make them less harmful to smokers’ health than cigarettes with more ...

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- A Florida appellate court ruled Wednesday that a tobacco suit involving Altria Group's Marlboro Lights and Ultra Lights cigarettes should not have been certified as class-action ...

The US Supreme Court seemed closely divided as it heard arguments over whether tobacco firms can be sued under state law for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes, a case that could affect some ...

The high court in Massachusetts upheld a $37 million judgment against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, ruling the company knew its so-called light smokes were no safer than regular ones, despite ...