UK News 12-11-2003 who: Imperial Tobacco chief Garth Davies what: Refuses to accept that smoking causes lung cancer where: The Court of Session, EDINBURGH when: Yesterday snippet: "Statistics have shown a relationship between smoking and certain diseases, including lung cancer," admitted Mr Davis as he defended the cigarette manufacturer against a £500,000 damages action brought by the widow of a 48 year-old man who died of lung cancer, The Guardian reports. "But statistical association does not in itself establish a cause and effect," he added. "Smoking may or may not kill, but we don`t know." [... more]

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