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title: Addiction Caused Smoker’s Deadly COPD, Argues Plaintiff’s Attorney
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# Addiction Caused Smoker’s Deadly COPD, Argues Plaintiff’s Attorney

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Keith Mitnick tells jurors that Patricia Dawn Allen’s addiction to cigarettes was a cause of her fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mitnick represents Andy Allen, who is suing tobacco manufacturers R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, claiming their concealment of smoking’s health hazards led to his wife’s nicotine addiction and death.

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