A US appeals court upheld a 2006 ruling requiring tobacco companies to publish corrective warning statements about their products, but struck the “here is the truth” requirement, the Winston-Salem Journal said.
Judge Gladys Kessler in the landmark 2006 case found tobacco companies had violated federal racketeering laws and deceived the public on the dangers of smoking. Kessler ordered the companies to publish corrective statements in various media on issues including manipulating nicotine delivery and labelling products “low tar” or “light.”
In its ruling, the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC said nothing appeared to stand in the way of a final lower court order on the statements, the Journal said. Tobacco companies had argued against inclusion of the “here is the truth” requirement.