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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 206 (Convention Center)
An Expanding Strategy: the Role of Litigation in Tobacco Control
Moderator:Edward L. Sweda Jr. (USA)
3:30 PMPublic Interest Litigation: an Important Weapon in the Fight against Tobacco – Indian Experience
Kinner Chandrakant Shah (India)
3:45 PMThe Role of Public Interest Litigation
Kenneth Kakuru (Uganda)
4:00 PMRecent developments in liability and litigation in Australia
Jonathan Liberman (Australia)
4:15 PMImperial Tobacco Limited v. British Columbia: Departing From Traditional Liability, Procedural and Proof Requirements to Enhance Tobacco Regulation
R. Camille Cameron (Australia)
4:30 PMLitigation Strategies for Combating Undue Tobacco Industry Influence in Tobacco Control Policy: The Case of Mexico
Alejandro Madrazo (USA), Jorge Contesse (USA)
4:45 PM"Light" Cigarette Lawsuits -- the Experience from the United States
Edward L. Sweda (USA)

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