People ex rel. Lockyer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Supreme Court of California · Decided 2005-12-22

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Opinion KENNARD, J. Declaring smoking to be “the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California,” the Legislature in 1991 enacted a statute prohibiting cigarette companies from distributing cigarettes as free samples, as they might fall into the hands of children and lead them to become addicted to tobacco, and encouraging “all persons to quit tobacco use.” (Stats. 1991, c…

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