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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (947576)	7/17/2016 11:19:28 AM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576313

Yes the law has been expanded, probably improperly. The Tabacco companies used to claim health benefits from smoking. At some point this was known to be false, later it was clear that the tobacco companies actually knew it to be false. If they kept it then it could be claimed as fraud. They were selling product they knew to be directly harmful to the consumers of the product But once the warning was on the container of every tobacco product they where not defrauding anyone any more. (Maybe people that were already addicted to the product at that time could reasonably claim a tort, but its not fraud if the product harms you when it says its going to harm you.) Not that the situation has much in the way of simularity to the climate change debate anyway. No direct harm from the product, vast uncertainty about highly indirect harm. No reasonably claim for fraud or even tort.