Judge deciding if stores must post tobacco apology
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal judge will soon determine whether your next tank of gas or bottle of soft drink has a cost-free apology from the Marlboro man and Joe Camel. A current ruling purchasing a multimedia blitz stating that the country 's biggest tobacco companies lied about the dangers of smoking left open the possibility that retailers can be required to publish big displays with the mea culpas. Retail trade groups are upset about the possibility the displays would commandeer their most valuable selling space and imply their very own guilt-by-association. As part of a case the government brought in 1999, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler last month bought the tobacco companies to pay for corrective statements on cigarette packs, in print and on TV, radio and the Internet.
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Fifty-six-year-old Southard
Overall Sentiment: 0.0279847
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| -0.0473286 | "If the government and the legal system wants to do something to the tobacco companies, do it to the tobacco companies," said Larry Southard, ... |
| 0 | "If the government and the legal system wants to do something to the tobacco companies, do it to the tobacco companies," said Larry Southard, who opened Papa's Healthy Food |
| 0.316273 | Fuel in western Massachusetts in 2004. "I don't know why they'd take it to that level when there are so many laws in place, there's so much information (about the health impacts of smoking) already, what is the purpose? To punish the retailer now?" |
| 0.0217172 | "The customers want them. ... It is unfortunately a part of the American culture," Southard said. ... |
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Andy Kerstein
Overall Sentiment: 0.101475
Relevance: 0.303945
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| -0.142905 | "You can't take up valuable selling space and impact my bottom line to achieve your goal of having these corrective statements out there," said Andy Kerstein, ... |
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Gladys Kessler
Overall Sentiment: 0.0106986
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Joe Camel
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Howard Crystal
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| 0.143925 | "It's just a vital location for these corrective statements so that youth and others who are going to buy cigarettes see (them)," said Howard Crystal, ... |
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Jeff Lenard
Overall Sentiment: 0.164473
Relevance: 0.247444
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| -0.325606 | "If you walk in someplace and you all of the sudden don't feel as good as you did a minute earlier, you're going to buy less. And we're not talking about tobacco," said Jeff Lenard ... |
| -0.196634 | "If you walk in someplace and you all of the sudden don't feel as good as you did a minute earlier, you're going to buy less. And we're not talking about tobacco," said Jeff Lenard of the convenience store association. "We're talking about a drink, we're talking about a sandwich." |
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Company: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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Organization: National Association of Tobacco Outlets
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Organization: National Association of Convenience Stores
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