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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Your logic is faulty. Nothing you have said in your first 4 lines (before your therefore) establishes as fact your conclusion. Yes, nicotine is addictive. Yes, nicotine is in all cigarettes. Those two true statements do not support your conclusion that "nicotine is the addictive ingredient in cigarettes." They would support the conclusion that "nicotine is an addictive ingredient in cigarettes," but they do not exclude the possibility of other addictive ingredients.
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Yikes. I just had a pre-law philosophy flashback. I need to calm my nerves.
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
That's what it was in Florida (where this case came from) to begin with. But the appellate courts said the determinations had to be made on a case-by-case basis.
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Thank you. I would like to know their criteria for determining company liability.
For instance, if one of the "victims" was a smoker, drinker, spousal abuser AND didn't wear a seat belt, that person may be dismissed as having low self-control and risk-seeking behavior such that tobacco was the least of his/her problems.