Tobacco on Trial
Season 4Episode 4Season 4Episode 6

E5 Tobacco on Trial

Frontline / Season 4 / Episode 5

19 Feb, 1986

 
Season 4Episode 4Season 4Episode 6

E5 Tobacco on Trial

Frontline / Season 4 / Episode 5

19 Feb, 1986

 

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside look at the preparation of these massive lawsuits, concentrating on a suit that would later reach the Supreme Court as well as presenting the emphatic denials of the tobacco industry, which says smoking is a simple question of personal choice and responsibility.

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside look at the preparation of these massive lawsuits, concentrating on a suit that would later reach the Supreme Court as well as presenting the emphatic denials of the tobacco industry, which says smoking is a simple question of personal choice and responsibility.
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