Mealey's (February 12, 2016, 3:46 PM EST) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A former smoker on Feb. 2 filed a notice of appeal in a Florida federal court, indicating his intent to appeal the final judgment affirming a verdict in favor of a tobacco company to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (William Hecht v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., No. 3:09cv11228, M.D. Fla.)....