A Florida jury has award a gay widower more than $157 ln after his hband died om lung ncer ed by smokg cigarett.
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- FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 LN OM TOBAC PANI ATH OF SPOE
- FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 MILLN FROM TOBAC COMPANI HBAND’S DEATH
FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 LN OM TOBAC PANI ATH OF SPOE
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In 2022, lbian, gay, or bisexual high school stunts ed tobac products at nearly one and a half tim the rate of straight stunts, 21.5% and 14.1% rpectively.[iii] Further, 2022, 20.5% of transgenr high school stunts ed tobac products, pared to 14.8% of their cisgenr peers.[iv] In 2020 smokg rat among gay, lbian, and bisexual adults the US were signifintly higher than rat for straight adults, 16.1% and 12.3% rpectively.[v] Over half (54.5%) of lbian or gay adults who smoke e menthol cigarett, a higher rate than straight adults who smoke.[vi] There is limed data available on smokg rat among transgenr adults; however, one study found higher smokg rat among transgenr adults than cisgenr adults.[vii].
FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 MILLN FROM TOBAC COMPANI HBAND’S DEATH
In 1995, one tobac pany created a marketg strategy known as “Project SCUM” or subculture urban marketg targeted at gay men and dividuals experiencg homelsns San Francis.[xi].
A Florida jury has award a gay man more than $157 ln a wrongful ath lawsu after his hband died om lung ncer ed by smokg cigarett, what an attorney said is the first such se volvg a same-sex married Capr was diagnosed 1996 wh chronic obstctive pulmonary disease.