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Jump to full article: Twin Falls (ID) Times-News, 2004-04-23
Author: EDWARD L. SWEDA JR.
Intro: Your recent editorial (Personal choice plays a part in tobacco case, April 16) claims that the lawsuit filed against the makers of Copenhagen on behalf of the 9-year-old son of rodeo cowboy Kent Cooper "ignores personal responsibility."
Not so. . . .
The complaint also states that the company falsely stated for many years that its product was not addictive and that there was no proof that it harmed those who used it.
Mr. Cooper's ex-wife, Susan Smith, has filed a lawsuit designed to hold the executives of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. responsible for their conduct. Thus, this lawsuit upholds the principle that all people, including those who sell, glamorize and profit from a deadly and addictive product, should be held accountable for their actions.
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