Tobacco Trial Continues
Plaintiffs Seek To Make Tobacco Industry Pay For Smoking-Cessation Programs
POSTED: 10:39 a.m. CDT April 22, 2003
NEW ORLEANS -- Testimony was scheduled to resume Tuesday morning in New Orleans in the state's class-action lawsuit against the tobacco industry.
Plaintiffs in the long-running trial are seeking to force cigarette-makers to pay for programs designed to help smokers kick the habit.
They are also asking tobacco companies to pay for medical monitoring for current and former smokers.
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