Looking
to the Future: Helping 33 million smokers quit
New
England Journal: DOJ Tobacco Trial & Potential
Health Impact
An article published
in the September 8, 2005 New England Journal of Medicine sheds new light on the $130 billion smoking cessation plan proposed
in the Department of Justice RICO suit against the tobacco companies.
The tobacco cessation plan was embroiled in controversy when Department
of Justice attorneys reduced the amount proposed for the smoking cessation
remedy from $130 billion over 25 years to $10 billion over five years.
