http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/lawsuit/barnes.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.usia.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latest&f=99051801.dlt&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml http://tobacco.org/news/21452.html Without comment, the Supreme Court May 17 refused to revive a lawsuit against the tobacco industry by six smokers from Pennsylvania. The six had argued their case should be certified as a class action on behalf of all smokers in the state. Judgment had been granted to the tobacco companies and upheld on appeal, when a district judge said five of the six plaintiffs had missed the deadline to sue because they smoked for years despite knowledge of the danger, and the sixth would not need any more medical monitoring than would a non-smoker. [This graph only] United States Information Agency Tue, 18 May 1999 04:00:00 GMT