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February 13, 2009

Jury: Florida Smoker Died Because of Addiction
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And in Florida, a jury will soon decide whether tobacco giant Philip
Morris should pay millions of dollars in a damage to the family of a
smoker who died of lung cancer after being addicted to cigarettes for
forty years. Lawyers for the family of Stuart Hess argue he became
hooked on cigarettes because of deceptive practices by Philip Morris
that hid the dangers of smoking. On Thursday, the jury decided Hess was
helplessly addicted to nicotine and that he did not continue smoking by
his own choice.



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