By The Associated Press Posted November 23, 2009   A Philadelphia jury has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.    The punitive damages in the case of Connie Barton were unsealed yesterday, the same day of a ... Read more

By RADHA CHITALE ABC News Medical Unit Sept. 3, 2009   At $2.3 billion, it’s a record-breaking settlement that includes the largest fine ever levied in U.S. history, but drug industry experts say that the hefty sum Pfizer agreed to Wednesday will do little to curb highly profitable, unethical marketing behaviors by some companies. The ... Read more

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 ... Read more