Lorillard's father made the first American tobacco fortune by developing a tobacco firm that he started in 1760.

Cigarettes serve no purpose other than keeping people addicted and tobacco firms in profit.

For years, tobacco firms were able to beat such lawsuits by blaming the smoker for not quitting.

He wanted to amortize the copper coinage through an agreement with the tobacco firms.

But the tobacco firms are political untouchables, the commentariat agrees.

And it's the Times that reveals that, according to the deal, the tobacco firms will be paying the plaintiffs' legal fees.

In 1869 they partnered with another tobacco firm in Cincinnati.

The change will come into force next December and be fought against, in the meantime, by the big tobacco firms.

Some of the world's biggest tobacco firms researched ways to remove the substance-to no avail-over a 40-year period but never published the results.

Legal firm to pay for widow's fight against tobacco firm.