The claim for product liability in the Finnish case of Pentti Aho is overturned by the Helsinki City Court, and was subsequently taken to the Appeal Court. In Finland the world's first criminal case is brought against five representatives of the tobacco industry by four victims of smoking-related diseases. The charges concern misleading marketing, endangerment and assault. 1993 Espoo city court in Finland throws out the criminal case against tobacco industry representatives. The case goes to Appeal, and a verdict expected in 1998.
Plaintiffs charge tobacco companies hid the facts about nicotine being addictive.
Mississippi becomes the first state to sue tobacco companies to recoup health care costs associated with smoking. The State of West Virginia sues tobacco companies to recoup smokers' Medicaid costs. A British court awards 50 for the stress suffered by Terry Hurlstone from ETS when he visited his daughter in hospital. Previously, passive smoking claims in Britain were seen to be restricted to severe cases but the Hurlstone case signified a wider interpretation of ETS risk. ABC television airs segments of Day One, a programme that includes reports of the tobacco industry's manipulation of nicotine.