Topic: Obama administration files appeal in tobacco case

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WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to consider allowing the federal government to force tobacco companies to fund smoking cessation and public education programs, which could cost the industry billions of dollars.

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The administration's filed the appeal after a federal judge and an appeals court rejected the government's attempt to impose such remedies on the industry as redress for violations under U.S. racketeering laws.

Altria Co's (MO.N) Philip Morris USA unit, the nation's biggest cigarette company, itself asked the high court on Friday to overturn part of the decision on the grounds that the racketeering statute was improperly invoked and that the appeals court was overly deferential to the trial court. (Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini, editing by Gerald E McCormick)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWAT01414120100219

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[Graybeard]

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to consider allowing the federal government to force tobacco companies to fund smoking cessation and public education programs, which could cost the industry billions of dollars.

Two questions, first who doesn't know that smoking isn't a healthy decision? Also, if a person can afford cigs at today's prices, wouldn't what they're paying for smokes cover the cost of a pretty darn good cessation program?

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[Tony Light]

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to consider allowing the federal government to force tobacco companies to fund smoking cessation and public education programs, which could cost the industry billions of dollars.

Two questions, first who doesn't know that smoking isn't a healthy decision? Also, if a person can afford cigs at today's prices, wouldn't what they're paying for smokes cover the cost of a pretty darn good cessation program?

C'mon Gray, dont you know by now that smokers need more government intervention. Maybe we could cut down on unemployment if we hired a government worker for each and every smoker and that government worker would live, sleep and breath with the afflicted person. Yeah, thats the ticket.

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