Frontline Season 4 Episode 5 Tobacco on Trial 1986
7.5/10 by 38 users
Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside look at the preparation of these massive lawsuits, concentrating on a suit that would later reach the Supreme Court as well as presenting the emphatic denials of the tobacco industry, which says smoking is a simple question of personal choice and responsibility.
- Released: 1986-02-18
- Runtime: 55 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, News, Talk
- Stars: Will Lyman
- Director:
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1. Hostage in Iran 1986-01-21
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2. Sue the Doctor? 1986-01-28
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3. Growing Up Poor 1986-02-04
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4. Russia-Love It or Leave It 1986-02-11
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5. Tobacco on Trial 1986-02-18
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6. Divorce Wars 1986-02-25
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7. Who's Running this War? 1986-03-18
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8. AIDS: a National Inquiry 1986-03-25
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9. Standoff in Mexico 1986-04-01
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10. Inside the Jury Room 1986-04-08
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11. Taxes Behind Closed Doors 1986-04-15
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12. The Disillusionment of David Stockman 1986-04-20
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13. Visions of Star Wars 1986-04-22
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14. Hollywood Dreams 1986-05-13
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15. The Bloods of 'Nam 1986-05-20
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16. A Matter of the Mind 1986-05-27
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17. Holy War, Holy Terror 1986-06-03
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18. Will There Always Be an England? 1986-06-10
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19. Assault on Affirmative Action 1986-06-17
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20. Comrades I: The Education of Rita 1986-07-01
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21. Comrades II: Hunter and Son 1986-07-08
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22. Comrades III: All that Jazz 1986-07-15
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23. Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo 1986-07-22
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24. Comrades V: Master of Samarkand 1986-07-29
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25. Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost 1986-08-05
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26. Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer 1986-08-12
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27. Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow 1986-08-19
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28. Comrades IX: Baltic Chic 1986-08-26
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29. Comrades X: Soldier Boy 1986-08-26
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30. Comrades XI: October Harvest 1986-09-02
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31. Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie 1986-09-09
