Class actions against the tobacco industry have the potential to win hundreds of billions of dollars for both smokers and nonsmokers ­ so everyone should be interested and concerned. That’s right. Dozens of tobacco class action law suits — brought on behalf of current smokers, former smokers, families of former smokers, nonsmokers, and other entities — are currently pending, and could result in awards of many hundreds of billions [YES, BILLIONS!] of dollars.

Class actions against the tobacco industry have the potential to win hundreds of billions of dollars for both smokers and nonsmokers ­ so everyone should be interested and concerned. That’s right. Dozens of tobacco class action law suits — brought on behalf of current smokers, former smokers, families of former smokers, nonsmokers, and other entities — are currently pending, and could result in awards of many hundreds of billions [YES, BILLIONS!] of dollars.