It seemed like a new era in the half-century battle against the deadly toll of tobacco: U.S. health officials for the first time would begin regulating cigarettes, chew and other products responsible for a half-million American deaths annually. “The decades-long ...

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The hospitals’ lawyer spent much time previewing some of the exhibits that will be presented during the course of the trial — including internal documents of cigarette manufacturers that detail what the companies knew about nicotine and the health risks of smoking and when they knew it.

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Here are some of the people who have spent some of the last 12 years preparing for what is expected to be the longest-running trial in the city of St. Louis. At left is Kenneth Brostron, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs.

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A bartender ordered by a judge to pay a $100 fine for allowing smoking in a Kansas City bar is taking her challenge to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. In a statement from Jonathan Sternberg, attorney for the ...

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