Addiction, Choices Take Center Stage In Latest Tobacco Trial

(February 3, 2020, 1:53 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida jury on Jan. 31 confronted the question of whether a man used cigarettes because of tobacco company conduct or because of his own desire to smoke as lawyers delivered opening statements in a Florida tobacco trial (Edward Richter, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds, No. 2008-CA-038-650, Fla. Cir., Palm Beach Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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