Justice Department Documents in Tobacco Lawsuit Show Tobacco
Industry Continues to Market to Kids and Deceive Public   Mar.
18 2003  Washington, D.C. — New documents filed by the U.S.
Department of Justice in its racketeering lawsuit against the
tobacco industry explode the myth perpetuated by the tobacco
companies that they have changed and put the nation's top law
enforcement agency on the record in recognizing that the
industry has continued to act lawlessly. The more than 1,400
pages of court filings by the Justice Department document how
the major tobacco companies for decades have conspired to
deceive the public about the harm caused by tobacco products,
worked to discredit scientific studies linking smoking and
disease, manipulated their products to make them more addictive,
and marketed these deadly products to children. Most important,
these documents demonstrate that the tobacco industry's
wrongdoing continues today, including its marketing to kids. It
speaks volumes about the magnitude of the tobac