It seems the companies are now willing to admit, after decades of denial, that smoking is not healthy. Smoking is bad for your health. You don't need warning labels to give you that information. You think about that for a moment right before you get up and reach for that first smoke of the day. Even my grandfather knew it.
People know the risks when they start smoking and when they continue.
Your honor, I've been smoking three packs a day for 30 years, and all this time I was enjoying it and amazed at how something so good could also be so good for my health. Give me a break. If you want to smoke, smoke. But don't come crying to court with your lawyer claiming ignorance. Let's send those tobacco executives who committed perjury to jail and then let the laws of supply and demand control the industry.