Jump to full article: Examiner.com (National), 2009-08-25
Author: San Jose Independent Examiner Soheil Rezaee
Intro: The daughter of a deceased smoker just earned some easy money after a jury in Los Angeles decided that Philip Morris owes her $13.8 million in punitive damages.
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These frivolous cases has at times allowed one freeloader to mooch off a major industry and a dying relative. In this age every one is aware of the harmful effects of smoking. The only excuse one person could have is their inability to read the warning, hence they should be ashamed of themselves.
Half these moronic claims state that it was the tobacco industries fault for having them smoke in the first place. One problem in the anti-smoking debate is their is no personal responsibility, its always scapegoating the industry.
I'm a smoker (Lucky Strike), I have smoked one pack a week since I was 17, I'm aware of the effects it has on my health, I avoid smoking in areas were children are present, and I could read the label that says "Surgeon General Warning: smoking will give you cancer and it will kill you".
If I die it would be my fault for smoking not the tobacco company.
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