Latest: Dutch prosecutors reject calls to open criminal tobacco probe

Latest: Dutch prosecutors have rejected calls to open a criminal investigation into four major tobacco companies on charges including attempted murder or manslaughter.

Latest: Dutch prosecutors reject calls to open criminal tobacco probe
Thu, 22 Feb, 2018 - 13:54

Update: 1.54pm: Dutch prosecutors have rejected calls to open a criminal investigation into four major tobacco companies on charges including attempted murder or manslaughter.

The decision was a blow to what Dutch anti-smoking organisations had hoped would be a new legal front in the fight against the tobacco industry.

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