Cigarette Producers' Websites Sport New Court-Ordered Statement
- Tobacco companies were required to post warnings by Monday
- Measure seeks to punish companies for deception, analyst says
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The U.S. consumers who missed the memo that smoking is harmful can now read about it on the homepages of major tobacco companies.
Cigarette producers, including Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc.’s U.S. unit, have updated their websites to include court-ordered statements about the danger of smoking. Monday was the deadline to include the warnings.