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what do the democrats or the liberals have to do with this case. first of all the tobacco industry and the clothing industry helped make grass illegal. the clothing industry was getting ready to put out synthetic fiber and they didn't want hemp around. i am currently on sabatical from cigarettes for about 15 years. my hypnotist was able to stop it cold the first time. 6 months later i was back to 4 packs a day. 3 different kinds of cough medicine to do different things to help my inability to stop coughing. this time we decided i could not stop permanently, but i could stop for a while. so far 15 years. the threat to a smoker (ie cigarettes) that he can never smoke a cigarette again is overwhelming. it is not only physically addictive but it is mentally more addictive than coke or heroin. it's acceptable in polite society. cigarettes are not a food or a drug. what the hell are they that they can't be regulated. no one starts smoking cigarettes as an adult. why do you think cigaretes are given to service men. away from home, well i never had one, but i'll just try these and see if i like them. anyone that thinks they don't target your kids is not dealing with reality. kids think its cool. try to think of any cigarette smoker you know that didn't start as a child. i have been smoking pipes for about 8 years and started cigars instead about 7 years ago. i smoke about half a dozen a day. i had a catscan last year because i couldn't shake the flu. my lungs are clear and clean. don't let anyone tell you cigars are just as bad as the little nails. the only difference between suing the tobacco industry and the mafia, is the mafia likes to settle out of court. corporate america sold firestone tires and knew there was a problem, like people were dying. remember the car that used to just take off even if it was not in drive. must be the driver. now of course you can't shift without your foot on the brake. the corvair? seat belts aren't necessary. air bags, too expensive. i'm not against corporations. just remember what they are: "A body that is granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members". the individual owners, stock holders are not held liable nor are the executives who make a ton of money even though the corporation they are running is going in the dumper because of their mismanagement. there is no reason why corporations can't make a profit and run a clean business. that's what the rest of do. do a lousy job at work and you get fired.

"They ONLY RECENTLY added WARNING LABELS!!! " It's been over 30 years. Be an adult accept personnal responsiblity. But the dems want to make everyone a victim so the trail lawyers get rich. Stop the sueing
and get responsiblity for your own life. I quit smoking cigs 2-3 packs a day 11 years ago. What a country of wimps!

Only since 1966! Well, excuse me that is over 35 years ago and it is typical of you, Bill, to think that each and every corporation has deep pockets to keep paying fools like this guy that got the latest judgement. He has been hooked on cocaine and an alcoholic to boot! So I guess now he will die a rich degenerate rather than a poor one. I hope they contest this decision and get it reduced to only about 2 or 3 million dollars. Far more than he deserves. Oh poor me I have been lighting these things for years with the warning label and knowledge that I will die from them, so pay me! Come on.........rip off the country! Charlie

Don't worry Smokechaser,once they get done with tobacco and guns,it's only a matter of time.Anybody see "Demolition Man" Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock? Great Movie IMO(lots o' fun).Yeah it's only a movie but getting closer to reallity every day.Just give 'em time.

Thank you, Rick and Uncle. I thought this was going to be a boring post. Let's take some of the items one at a time: As for cigarettes only "recently" having a warning label, so what? My GREAT grandfather who was born in the 1890's called cigarettes Coffin Nails since he was a kid. Was that because they looked like coffin nails? Or was it because any sane person realizes that burning an item and intentionally concentrating and inhaling the smoke can not possibly be good for you? As for the addictive ingredients, Unclebill, this is NOT like putting cancer causing things into milk. Phillip morris did not put foreign things into cigarettes with the sole intent of causing cancer and killing their customers. The ingredients themselves are not addictive, they merely intensify the nicotine effect, making THAT item more addictive. In other words, the added items "enhance" the effect that the smoker is looking for to begin with. The fact that these ingredients also cause adverse effects needs to be addressed. But NOBODY made this loser smoke. Nobody forced him. Cripes, he is an alcoholic and a heroin junkie. He's WEAK. Both my parents smoked until I was in my teens. My mom still misses them, my dad doesn't. People are different, but they CAN quit. Rick, YOU quit even though it was tough. Sueing a corporation because of your own weakness shifts the blame. That's what the Liberals bring to the table in this issue. IMHO.

Joe, you said it all in the bold caps & I might like to put a little different spin on it: "Corporations cannot be held responsible for the stupidity and the boring behavior of consumers!" Footnote: I cannot believe that anybody (sorry JJ) would call a Stallone movie great! Charlie