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Adult smoking rate edges down slightly: CDC data

Adult smoking rate edges down slightly: CDC data

A new government report shows fewer U.S. adults are smoking, and those who light up are smoking fewer cigarettes daily. But the trend is weaker than the government had hoped....

 

$152 million awarded in smoking suit

$152 million awarded in smoking suit

A Massachusetts court Thursday added $81 million in punitive damages to $71 million in compensatory damages it had already awarded to the family of a woman who died of lung cancer.

 

Florida jury awards $26.6 million to smoker's widow

A Florida jury ordered R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris on Wednesday to pay $26.6 million to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer, the latest verdict against cigarette makers in the "Engle progeny" lawsuits.

 

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