Tobacco litigation worldwide

摘要

Tobacco litigation is transforming the prospects for tobacco control worldwide, Litigation in the United States is moving forward on several fronts, including individual cases, class actions, third party reimbursement actions, and secondhand smoke cases, Other countries have followed suit, with governmental actions in courts both in the United States and locally and with private individual, class action, and reimbursement cases, Australia has seen a major ruling on the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke, and there is currently a viable smokers' class action, Britain has not been hospitable to tobacco litigation, with a recent negative judicial decision forcing a group action to be abandoned.