The Hayes Firm Legal Blog

By Duff Wilson, NY Times Published: November 20, 2009      Legal experts predict that thousands of tobacco lawsuits could gain momentum in Florida after a Fort Lauderdale jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker who says she needs a lung transplant.    If it survives an appeal, the [...]

I think it is a fair assumption to say that most people who smoke wish they had never started.  Unfortunately, it is a very rare occasion to quit smoking on the first attempt.  I personally know of a woman who used cigarettes as a weight loss tool.  She died of emphysema at the age of [...]