HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: Never underestimate the power of tobacco industry lawyers to exploit any conceivable way of helping their clients milk the most possible money from selling their deadly product.
Pennsylvania is fighting a battle with Big Tobacco that could save the purveyors of cancerous commodities $170 to $242 million in payments to the commonwealth’s treasury this year, and billions more in the future. (The Morning Call of Allentown has a good summary here.)…
However, tobacco companies have won an arbitration judgment that slashes the amount they owe Pennsylvania and five other states… (more)
