Tobacco Industry Accountability Is Ending — But the Harm Isn’t
After more than 17 years of legal battles and public health advocacy, the U.S. tobacco industry will soon be free from a rare form of accountability: the court-mandated requirement to publicly admit its wrongdoing. Beginning in July 2025, Big Tobacco will no longer have to post corrective statements in stores, on cigarette packaging, or through other public messaging. This requirement stemmed from a 2006 federal court ruling that found major tobacco companies guilty of engaging in a decades-long conspiracy to deceive the American public about the dangers of smoking.
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