Mealey's (March 16, 2020, 2:38 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tobacco company escaped punitive damages on Feb. 19, but earlier in the day the Florida jury hit it with a $12.5 million verdict after it heard that a tobacco company told the public that there was no evidence that smoking was bad for your health even as its own testing and research showed otherwise, sources told Mealey Publications (Snyder v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2008-CV-019467, Fla. Cir., 17th Jud. Cir.)....