By Bob Van Voris   May 20 (Bloomberg) — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $29.1 million to Connie Buonomo, the widow of a Florida man who started smoking at age 13 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008, a jury in Fort Lauderdale said.   The unanimous verdict today by six state ... Read more

By CURT ANDERSON FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury was asked Friday to decide if tobacco giant Philip Morris caused the lung cancer death of a four-decade smoker through deceptive and misleading practices or whether the smoker himself bore the lion’s share of responsibility by failing to quit. The six-person jury has already found ... 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