FOR MEEEDLATE RELEASE Contac:: Scot Williams (202) 739-0725 Friday October 10, 1997 Stevo Ducheane (202) 739-0245 Weshlagton D C _The followlag ttatement wus iuqued today by Philip Morris Ioorporated; RJ Reynoldt Tobucco Company; Brown & Williamton Tobacco Corporetion; and the Lorillard Tabacco Company: Tbe ettlemen; anounced tadey in the Brojl flgh: attendants lawauit represents ePproach t0 resolving the cless ertion espocts of the case in way thet ie Codcod 5enje consistent with tbe much broader Jegblative resoltion now pending before Congteda The gettlement fuunds will &c dlrected to nedical rejearch rehring to cirerette amoking Thc rttlcmcn: permits Ilizh: uttendants to Pureue thair erion2 Injury qleimg Individually, ifthey choose to d0 5, 6lng Individual claae mcrbc; penonu injury colms Dus prove the: they Were directly hered by environmentel tobacco gnokeOn thet basls, the companies rcmaln confident of their respective positions an this iesuc and intend t9 Present compelling evidence t0 jurics In ny individual cares tbot ay be filed. The compenie? continue to believe that class uctians are inappropdare vehiales far eddressiog cleim: of individual injury related %0 tobucco positiop tbat bas been upheld by virtually every court beginnlng with tbe Fiah Circuit' Juninark decilion in [e Cajteno cless action lawziit practical jolurlon t0 thl: tobecco cleys aotion and redlects the The Brojn settlement i approach embodied In the June 20 agreemcnt The induiby continles [0 comod be032 Suppor Congreisional cnectment &: comprchensive legielation tha: ba: &; its besis the Eoal of reducing youth Smoking: c
FOR MEEEDLATE RELEASE Friday October 10, 1997 Contac:: Scot Williams (202) 739-0725 Stevo Ducheane (202) 739-0245 Weshlagton D C _The followlag ttatement wus iuqued today by Philip Morris Ioorporated; RJ Reynoldt Tobucco Company; Brown & Williamton Tobacco Corporetion; and the Lorillard Tabacco Company: Tbe ettlemen; anounced tadey in the Brojl flgh: attendants lawauit represents Codcod 5enje ePproach t0 resolving the cless ertion espocts of the case in way thet ie consistent with tbe much broader Jegblative resoltion now pending before Congteda The gettlement fuunds will &c dlrected to nedical rejearch rehring to cirerette amoking Thc rttlcmcn: permits Ilizh: uttendants to Pureue thair erion2 Injury qleimg Individually, ifthey choose to d0 5, Individual claae mcrbc; 6lng penonu injury colms Dus prove the: they Were directly hered by environmentel tobacco gnokeOn thet basls, the companies rcmaln confident of their respective positions an this iesuc and intend t9 Present compelling evidence t0 jurics In ny individual cares tbot ay be filed. The compenie? continue to believe that class uctians are inappropdare vehiales far eddressiog cleim: of individual injury related %0 tobucco positiop tbat bas been upheld by virtually every court beginnlng with tbe Fiah Circuit' Juninark decilion in [e Cajteno cless action lawziit The Brojn settlement i practical jolurlon t0 thl: tobecco cleys aotion and redlects the comod be032 approach embodied In the June 20 agreemcnt The induiby continles [0 Suppor Congreisional cnectment &: comprchensive legielation tha: ba: &; its besis the Eoal of reducing youth Smoking: c