21.   The second in a series of suits by individual smokers is in its second week of trial in Jacksonville, Florida.

22.   The settlements did not bar class-action lawsuits or claims by individual smokers.

23.   The settlement follows a preliminary agreement between Liggett and attorneys for the massive federal class-action case by individual smokers in New Orleans.

24.   The tobacco companies have never lost a liability case, in part because they have convinced juries that individual smokers ignored known risks.

25.   There is no way to test whether individual female smokers will become infertile early.

26.   Those settlements did not foreclose the ability of individual smokers to pursue cases.

27.   Until recently, individual smokers pursuing wrongful death or products liability claims sued the industry.

28.   Around the country, juries have awarded damages to individual smokers only five other times, and three of those verdicts were overturned on appeal.

29.   Around the country, juries have awarded damages to individual smokers only five other times.

30.   At the time, it was the largest individual smoker verdict in the country.