Judge Certifies Nationwide Class Action Suit Against Tobacco Companies

TBO ^ | 9/20/02 | Christina Cheddar

[concerned about politics]

And one more thing. A couple across town have givin birth to 6 genetically deformed kids. They send them to school, and they're free all day. The schools have all kinds of "free" programs for them. The parents do nothing.
They collect SS for each one of them. All medical bills are paid, operation after operation. The last just had open heart surgery.
Now, I can see wanting a child or two, but if you know your kids are going to grow up to be deformed, medically unable to survive without constant operations, and learning disabled, wouldn't you think about that before having 6 of them?
Neither parent has to work. They own a huge home, 2 new suvs, and an RV so they can travel when they get bored. They plan on having more children, because the mother just hit 30 and they want the money.
Are they not costing us in medical costs as well? How many people in America have found a way to scam the system? I would suggest going after fraud and abuse long before going after someone using a legal product sold at the local mini mart!

One mother at our local homeschhool group has a "learning disabled" son. She collects dissability for a "nervous" problem, too. She collects for her "disabled" son. The kid if just fine. The kids is really smart, and I'm amazed at how well he does his math. He's a normal boy, but she keeps comming up with things she finds wrong with him. "He has an anger problem", so now we're paying for him to go to the local school "for help."

This is the stuff that urks me. Tobacco illness costs are nothing compared to the money we taxpayers are dishing out to anyone who says "ouch. Fix my boo boo. When can I expect my check?"

[maxwell]

What I still don't understand, since I heard this for over forty years is, what part of 'Cigarette smoking is bad for your health' didn't these people understand.

That doesn't appear to be the issue dude... Compare all those hefty folks trying to sue Mickey D's because "the french fries made 'em fat"...

The issue is, some damn ambulance chaser showed up on their doorstep and said "Pssst hey you, you wanna make some cash???"

[VRWC_minion]

I wonder how many current smokers who complain about the about the "anti-smoker nazi's" will elect out of the class action suit ?

[concerned about politics]

I wonder how many current smokers who complain about the about the "anti-smoker nazi's" will elect out of the class action suit ?

Most, I would hope, except for the left wing leeches. If the litigation goes through, they'll be the ones who will end up paying more for their cigaretts to pay the .35 cents each awarded to the plantifs, and the kazillion dollars awarded to the trial lawyers (that will end up at the DNC).

[dfwgator]

Nah, they just sell more smokes overseas.

[VRWC_minion]

Human nature being what it is, I predict none. They'll want to play both sides of the fence.

[concerned about politics]

Nah, they just sell more smokes overseas.

I still think people should start growing their own if they want it. Burly tobacco seeds are often found in seed catalogs. Let it go to seed, and plant again next year. The best defence is a good offence. It's your property, it's legal, so screw them. Just say "no" to socialism.
If the nation chose to do that, what could they say? What could liberals do? Who would pay for social programs then?
The liberals - 0
Tobacco smokers - 1

[dfwgator]

My point is that if they think they are going to kill of the tobacco companies, they got another thing coming. There are a billion potential Chinese smokers out there.

[VRWC_minion]

Can one grow their own cheaper ?

[concerned about politics]

My point is that if they think they are going to kill of the tobacco companies, they got another thing coming. There are a billion potential Chinese smokers out there.

What I'd like to know is how the liberal politicians would survive without that tobacco tax comming in. There's big money in that there plant!
Even if the companies shut down for only a month, the feds would be hurting for that elusive tax dollar.

[concerned about politics]

Can one grow their own cheaper ?

Sure. Seeds are cheap, cheap, cheap. Plant it like spinich. Save seeds for the following year. You'd only have to buy them once.

[wvnavyvet]

Dunkin Donuts better watch out, those things aren't called fat pills as a joke. You read the other day than beer increases the female hormone levels in your body. So the flab hanging over those beer bellies are breasts. Kramer's (Steinfeld) male bra may not be so far fetched.

[VRWC_minion]

Plant it like spinich

You are not factoring in costs like labor, land etc. If I were smoking the cost of growing it myself would be very expensive assuming the climate here in NE would give me a good year round source.

[Great Dane]

And the steam roller keeps right on rollong, when is some court going to say enough.

If i were big tobacco, I would pack up and leave the country, of course had big tobacco fought back in the first place, I doubt if this would be happening, they set themselves up to be screwed, blued and tattooed.

[Great Dane]

Hmmm. Is it possible to file a class action suit against judges and lawyers for their dupilicity and political activism?

It ought to be possible, lawyers and judges in todays society, are way more dangerous than tobacco.

[Just another Joe]

I wonder how many current smokers who complain about the about the "anti-smoker nazi's" will elect out of the class action suit ?

If I can find out how I will.
I'm not so stupid that I want someone else to take reponsibility for MY decisions.

[cajun-jack]

here's one....also, why don't the sue the military..all c-rats had free smokes in them..some guys didn't even smoke till they were in the field and started smoking the freebies in the c-rats.

[Great Dane]

Same story here, know someone who went on disablity right out of high school, claimed she was an abused child, was afraid of crowds and afraid to be out alone.... funny thing is, she has no trouble going cycling by herself, or to the movies, as far as crowds goes, she goes to endless new age thingies.
She gets called in for an interview once a year, they ask her if she can work, she says no.

Notice, I didn't call her a friend.

[concerned about politics]

here's one....also, why don't the sue the military

I think they should only be able to sue the person who put that first cigarette into their mouth. That's what started the addiction. Sue the hell out of that person. Why, if it weren't for that person, they wouldn't be ill today. Wait a minute, sick smokers would have to sue themselves! Who'd a thunk it?

[Great Dane]

They'll want to play both sides of the fence.

You really think you know it all, don't you.