(December 19, 2023, 3:41 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A smoker with lung cancer on Dec. 18 filed an appellant brief in the First District Florida Court of Appeal seeking reversal of a trial court’s dismissal of her complaint without leave to amend, arguing that the court improperly disregarded Florida precedent in finding that she failed to allege that the cigarettes she smoked were defective based on tobacco companies’ manipulation of their nicotine levels....