In 1986, he spoke out publicly for the first time against the tobacco industry.

The government's lawsuit against the tobacco industry is still pending.

Someone, somewhere, sometime will win a case against the tobacco industry.

The filing of a Federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry is not likely to come for months.

In the fight against the tobacco industry, private lawyers have assumed a role of extraordinary influence.

Minnesota is the first state to have tried a smoking-related case against the tobacco industry.

Q. Hasn't it been difficult to mount class action suits against the tobacco industry?

It is only through concerted action that we can fight against the tobacco industry and protect public health.

In 1999, he was the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry.

The bill does not include $23 million sought by the administration to finance federal litigation against the tobacco industry.