Former ‘Winston Man’ Sues Tobacco Companies

Lawsuit Philip Morris  Alan Landers posed with Winston cigarettes on billboards and in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s. He's now undergoing chemo treatments for a cancerous tumor on his right tonsil.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, February 16, 2009 - 10:00 am CST Last Updated: Mon, February 16, 2009 - 10:03 am CST
LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) - A former cigarette pitchman's lawsuit
against tobacco companies is among thousands awaiting trial in
Florida.
Alan Landers posed with Winston cigarettes on billboards and in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s. Now 68 and living in South Florida, Landers is receiving treatment for a cancerous tumor on his right tonsil. He previously battled lung cancer and emphysema.
Landers' lawsuit goes to trial in April in Palm Beach County.
His case is among some 8,000 individual lawsuits scheduled for
trial more than two years after the Florida Supreme Court threw out
a record $145 billion class-action verdict.
Last week, a Broward County jury decided that nicotine addiction
caused the death of another South Florida man. The jury now has to
decide if tobacco giant Philip Morris owes any damages.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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LOL Southernmama82 and don’t forget Nabisco Chocolate chip cookies

I think I might sue little debbie because they made me fat. wink

Come on give me a break. But, more than likely he’ll win.

Yes Rose. It is about money. The big tabacy Co. have a lot and 8000 sons of tabaco smokers in Fl want some of it for reasons that are 30yrs out of date or just not valid.

well i have to agree, on some points. the corona no way, still beer. it is all about the money.

lol rose i don’t smoke anymore and when i did smoke in the 70s knew the risks. why to big law suits? because they made it harder for you to quit by uping the nicitine and disinformation not because they have a product for you to smoke. I don’t drink bud. I sometimes drink corona or wine with seafood or a meal and a shot of good bourbon if i find myself lucky enough to be with close friends and raise a glass to times past or future. why are people sueing? I think in this case its is for the money not because they were tricked. i find it hard to believe you don’t know the risk when you fire up!

ickthus, no if you go after one, you go after all. it sure has not prevented cig companies from being sued.  if you will study the cigarette companies you will see they said time and time again smoking was not addictive. it was glamorized just like alcohol is now. now maybe if you quit the budweiser started drinking port it would help that liver.

Warning lables Rose? they are nothing more than a disclaimer so you can’t be sued and if you are smart enough to read in the first place you know its bad for you. If you put the butt or drink in your hand ,you get what you have coming

i’m going to sue budwieser cus my liver don’t work so good no more. I got 4 ex ole ladys with kids i’m not paying fer ,cus I lost my job cus, I can’t drive to work no more cus the last DUI I done went and hit a tree and broke the truck up real bad, when i was goin to the store to get some more smokes. I shore wish i had me some cancer so i could get some of there ole money to. Its going to take a lot of money fer me to get a new ole lady to drive me to the store fer smokes and beer now.

southfan1981, you do not have to read anything, just get the movie. it is awful. i saw it years ago. i sold cigarettes at the store and almost quit selling them after seeing the movie. the man had death threats, lost everything including his family. it was pretty bad. glad i do not have that problem anymore. with that being said i still want to see that warning label on alcohol. i really think after all is said and done farming is the way to go. you can not trust commerical companies anymore. the cigarette industry just got caught.

Rose when you read the federal complaints on tobacco companies, it’s sickening. They PURPOSEFULLY misrepresented low tar cigs as being safer, they manufactured so that nicotine would be delivered to neural receptor FASTER (increasing addictive qualities), the list goes on. It is about targeting kids to make the drug more alluring. This is about hiding industrial inside information regarding the poisons used in processing and GREED.

Today, the NYTs had an article about the harm to pets who live in a smoking household.

As for alcohol, I remember the cocktail parties my mom had with the other Naval Officer’s wives, half of them knocked up and knocking down some sweet drink, matching the depictions in The New Yorker. “We all did it” therefore we ignore the horrendous consequences.

If you really want to be scared, look at what is put in baby formula. Look at the primary ingredients and tell me if you think they sound healthy? And we aren’t even pros. But mother knows!

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