US judge allows class action over light cigarettes

People who smoked “light” cigarettes because they thought that they were less harmful than ordinary ones can pursue their claim of fraud as a class action lawsuit, the US federal judge Jack Weinstein ruled last week. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 against Philip Morris, R J Reynolds, Lorillard Tobacco, British American Tobacco, and others.

“The plaintiffs are entitled to the chance to prove their allegations,” Judge Weinstein …