Smoker With Bladder Cancer Tells Jury Deceptive Marketing Lured Him To Cigarettes

Mealey's (January 6, 2022, 10:57 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — An attorney representing a smoker with bladder cancer and his wife told a jury during openings in a Florida state court on Jan. 3 that the smoker was attracted to cigarettes in the 1950s by the tobacco industry’s multibillion-dollar marketing campaign that focused on hooking youths on cigarettes.  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....