Both my ‘quotes of the week’ come from Bill Ohlemeyer, vice president and assistant general counsel for Altria Group, the parent company of Philip Morris. They are taken from Mr. Ohlemeyer’s response to Florida’s Engle lawsuits, and to the 1000s of Floridians who are currently seeking what could be millions of dollars in damage awards.

“We’ve confronted and overcome these types of cases in the past. We have a strategy to defend them.”

And the prizewinner - no doubt:

“Just because people have cancer in their lung, doesn’t mean they have lung cancer. Just because people had cancer in their lung and smoked doesn’t mean smoking caused their cancer.”

I’ll spare you my comments.

- Franc Tausch, PhD, CCHT

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