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

2.   It bars the cigarette companies from blaming smokers for choosing to smoke and allows the state to use market-share data to apportion damages among the firms.

3.   Nonsmokers blame smokers for polluting the environment.

4.   The law bars the cigarette companies from blaming smokers for choosing to smoke, and allows the state to use statistical evidence to show that smoking causes cancer.