I followed this case with keen interest not because i smoke, but because i was interested in seeing what will will happen to the big tobacco industries.This afternoon a jury in Florida awarded $145 BILLION in punitive damages to plaintiffs in Florida aganist big tobacco production companies, who for many decades has produced a product that is not only defective but has caused many deadly diseases.The trial lasted for 2 years. Attorney's for Phillip Morris, one of the biggest tobacco production companies said paying such an astronomical ammount of money will put the big tobacco producing companies out of business. So what? It will only save lives. God Bless and Peace Be Upon All Alasana Bab ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------