[AlBondigas]

So, it seems the unhealthiness of smoking has been common knowledge for some time.

Why is it the defense attorney(s) can't hammer this point ?

[Gabz]

Why is it the defense attorney(s) can't hammer this point ?

They do, but most of these things are done on emotion, not fact.

[Madame Dufarge]

So, it seems the unhealthiness of smoking has been common knowledge for some time.

This isn't new information, as you surely must know.

I've been smoking since I was 11 years old, and if I drop dead tomorrow, I blame no one.

The essence of freedom is making one's own choices in the crapshoot called "life."

There are innumerable choices people make in life that are "unhealthy."

The unhealthiest choice is the acquiesence to the notion that perfect strangers are entitled to dictate to other adults how to live their lives.

This is the critical point at which individual freedom breaks down.

The "second-hand" smoke canard had to be constructed in order for the usual suspects to sustain their viability.

Too bad they can't just live their own lives, as small as they must be.

[calex59]

I dont' know, but when I was in the eight grade, 1954, we watched a movie, after school hours but still a school function, that showed a man having his lung removed becaue it was canerous, it was black and awful looking and it was caused by smoking. This was long before the Attorney General put his warning on ciagrette packs and it make a believer out of me.

I started smoking when I was 17 and quit when I was 20 because I remembered that film! Yep, people have known of the health effects of ciagrettes for many, many years. These lawsuits should never, ever, be brought to trial.