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According to John F. Banzhaf III of Action on Smoking and Health, Supreme Court Hits Big Tobacco Hard in Pocketbook, Opens Doors to Much Bigger Verdicts in State Courts 

The Supreme Court opened the door to much bigger verdicts against the major tobacco companies in a unanimous decision which said that many if not most smoker law suits against the companies can proceed in state courts where damages tend to be much higher, rather than in federal courts as the defendants had pushed for. "Smokers killed, disabled, or injured by cigarettes which they smoked because of tobacco company's lies now have a better chance of obtaining real justice in amounts which come closer to compensating them," said law professor John Banzhaf of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

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