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• NEWARK STAR LEDGER SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 1996 °, in a Indiana=~f inds tobacco:~~firrns:.. . loraawver 's:'."death ~ "'CBOM~4S.P1RY~dAN:.:: Qu~:.,-.a.Imit:oL+KiR.Nablaoa$oldings thatRtcbar(L Ragerswasaddictedto _ . AtherlcanTobacco Co owned by ©darettea even betore the' I884 gur- ., ~ r BATs Induafsiee--PLC and . tiBBett 8eon 6emral's waming, and that,ta IIQDIANAPOLIS = A a t ] ry yec er- anies were awere all elong Inc ot Br oke Orou eom 4rou PLC b p p p o - aceo day toimd e e com es not.re- Sponaibk'tor a t(4 ~ Rogecs utaesswas d~s resp°ns~11- that their product was "imreasonabiy a'breek tor'the o industry whieh tty '' . dat gemus " i66t~:a:elmllatlswsulttbis month and . The.Rogers mse', aimger to .the ]]dlaod also aaid the companier Iacesneqttderal tiops ,:- ^. ':• : n~ °ther heaikh-related tobacco alwald be held responsible ior makkig' ~ aWta took an: extreme importance as eigarettes addlctive. "TLis is not jusA a The'Fstate and', wldow Of Rfclurd?''the Sndustrp wondered whether the balat" " Rogers aought at least t424;00U' :. tide ot oplnion in Amedca's eourt• But the tobacco companies said ~om iour tabacco companks tor-los4':: iopms has turned egafnst it. (Sgarette Rogers bad continued to smoke will, eandnWaifd medic& expeasea 22og=';'makers had bng boasted they lad Ingjy despite a public perceptfon of ers,:whose.'sneaked.smokea•at age 5~:,"never=paSd a cent in bealth-related dangers heightened by the 8urgeon grew+.Into •a ahree-pack-a-day habit;'' suttabrought'byamokera. (3eneral's report and then by cigarette died otbmgernceriul1987 atthe'aga,~ ". :- A Florida jury earlier this month waminglabels. 5E:.'".:.,''_:+; - `. : .:- , • .• :'.,!' awsMed: f750,0W to a man who got In the Florlda case, lawyers were 'x'he saR.that was filed shorUy be-: ; Iuag'csncerafter44yearsofsmoking.It able to introduce tobacco company . was only ~tbe',~nd't~e a jury^baa, documents llnking nicotine and addic- fotehisdeeth clalmed Bagers,, anattflvi o- ney; was-addlcted to' cigarettes:and; ,ruted against the Industry. The first tion, but these records were barred thal amokNgcaused hu cancer -', :i, :~~ In'the'caseof RoreCipollone of from the Rogers case because it was a 'Ihe'tobacco companies,-. Philip .; ~e'Ferry, N:J., vtas uvertumed on retrial and the judge Ilmited evidence bSor~th~oa' B/. .Reyaolds, Tabacco;. a~ :>tu that introduced-the firstt time. The. ... :.: :.:,.. .. :.w. -. • Yesterday's verdlct a[ter, 16 houn °earlier trfal ended with a m strial when •:.:of•`dellbera;lona`,.Itom the ;Marion the jury couldn't decide. ff Rogers ( :`Coanf,y•jury came on•the wine daysmokedvoluntaiijy. - I 'PreaidentClkrtonannaaacedhiscrack- The.only other'monetary award down on tobacco `marketing-to keep against a tobacco company was won in ywnt; people from taldng upsmoldng• 1888 by the family of Rose Cipollone of In closing arguments, plahttiQ's Little Ferry. But the $400.000 award, attonleyC.Waaen,goA&adtoldJumrs vnsovertumedonappeel. . titi960bLLOZ - ~I,.,~ 1. 1 ,'.4:,,