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• EDITORIAL: One battle over; war continues 

A Miami jury's verdict in a civil case against the tobacco industry is deeply disappointing to those who know the deadly dangers of secondhand smoke. That includes top medical experts who have studied it and tens of thousands of victims of its life-threatening risks.

The verdict is a setback in the continuing battle to hold Big Tobacco legally accountable for knowingly selling a deadly product. . .

Secondhand tobacco smoke, curling off people's lit cigarettes and exhaled from their lungs, is not just a matter of unpleasant odors and clouds of noxious fumes. It is a matter of life and death, especially in enclosed places with little outside air circulation like airline cabins. . .

Not guilty? Not hardly.

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