In the US, the tobacco industry was litigated against both by states and by private individuals until the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement [1] of 1998. Inte

In the US, the tobacco industry was litigated against both by states and by private individuals until the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement [1] of 1998. Interestingly, a widow of a smoker suing the tobacco companies is the plot of the 1996 John Grisham novel 'The Runaway Jury'. When it was made into a movie in 2003, the script was adapted to a widow suing gunmakers after a workplace shooting. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agre...