The difference is that cigarettes came with a warning label backed up by medical proof, not thoery. Now that the thoery and psuedo-proof of AGW are being shot down, it has no verifiable evidence to stand on. Add to it when the scammers are subjected to discovery, they will melt away like a snowball in hell.
I see this story as nothing more than another attempt by those who sold their docket list on getting in on the scam vaporizing and just hoping that some idiot with his last few bucks in their pocket will “invest” it on just another long list of sheister lawyers.
People sued for “second hand smoke” exposure and all sorts of things that have now been debunked - and they (or the lawyers, actually) won big. There’s actually a lot of pseudo-science in the tobacco world, too.
I agree that this is just a fishing expedition, but at the same time, I don’t think we should dismiss it. All they need is one win.
I see this story as nothing more than another attempt by those who sold their docket list on getting in on the scam vaporizing and just hoping that some idiot with his last few bucks in their pocket will “invest” it on just another long list of sheister lawyers.*
I would like to see a counter-suit against all the fraudsters that are bringing this to court, with heavy duty penalties and restoration payments to all those defrauded + prison time to those like Al “Tommy Flanagan” Gore who promoted the hoax.