1.   He also said he believes it is ridiculous for smokers to sue tobacco companies.

2.   Jones ruled that the smokers could sue the tobacco companies.

3.   Several lawyers who studied the settlement said that in suits other than Castano, smokers could still sue for damage due to the health consequences of smoking.

4.   Smokers regularly sue tobacco companies for damages, so far without success.

5.   A cancer-stricken smoker is suing French tobacco company Seita in the first such suit ever against a French cigarette maker, the company said Thursday.

6.   In other cases, smokers have sued on behalf of anyone who claims to have hooked by nicotine, huge class actions seeking hundreds of billions in damages.

7.   They said individual smokers can sue under other laws besides the antitrust and racketeering statutes.