Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Teens Lured by Flavored Cigarettes-FDA BAN

The FDA has banned the sale of candy, fruit, and clove flavored cigarettes in an effort to curb teen smoking.  According to the New York Times, FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret  A. Hamburg said, “these flavored cigarettes are a gateway for many children and young adults to become regular smokers". In June President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which went ahead and authorized this move by the FDA.

 According to a press release by the CDC in November 2008; Smoking causes at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths each year. This number does not include deaths from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease also known as COPD and the many other health issues smokers encounter . The report also states that about half of all long-term smokers, the majority of whom began smoking as teens, will die prematurely.

Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

The personal injury attorneys at the Law Office of Kiley Law Group are dedicated to helping the victims of:

• Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
• Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
• Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
• Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
• Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
• Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy

We Serve Clients Across the State of Massachusetts
The firm's headquarters are in Andover, MA and serves the following cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Middleton, Reading, and Salem, MA and Salem, New Hampshire.