Lehti 27-29: Katsausartikkeli 27-29/2003 vsk 58 s. 3009 - 3010

Product liability regarding tobacco in Finland

The first European legal case against the tobacco companies was brought up in Finland in 1988, continuing until 2001. The case was based on product liability.

Erkki Aurejärvi

The plaintiff was pensioner Pentti Kalevi Aho (born in 1925) and the defendants were Oy Rettig Ab and Suomen Tupakka - British American Tobacco Nordic Oy. Mr. Aho started smoking in 1941 at the age of 16. He became ill with smoking-induced chronic bronchitis and emphysema in 1980 and with laryngeal…

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