Et oui, ils nous ont menti les Philip Morris & co. Les tabacs Light sont exactement aussi nocives que les autres et présentent le même risque. C’était du marketing !

L’escroquerie a été dénoncée en 2006 et confirmée avant hier (vendredi 22/05/09) par le US federal appeals court.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US federal appeals court Friday ruled the tobacco industry had deceived smokers by labeling some cigarettes as « light » when they posed just as high a health risk as other brands.

The appeals court confirmed a ruling by a lower court in August 2006 that tobacco companies lied for years about the dangerous effects of such cigarettes.

And it upheld the earlier decision that the companies must remove misleading statements such as « light » or « natural » from cigarette packets.

« We affirm in large part the finding of liability, » the Washington appeals court said in its ruling in the case which pitted the US government against several powerful manufacturers including Philip Morris and Reynolds.

[Source] Article de l’AFP hébergé chez Google.