Secondhand smoke can cause cancer, but a former flight attendant did not contract lung cancer from breathing secondhand smoke while she worked inside airplane cabins, a jury determined Tuesday. Gail Routh, 54, was exposed to thousands of hours of secondhand smoke over her 27-year career with Allegheny Airlines and US Airways, said Stuart Silver, the attorney representing Routh against Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco and Brown & Williams Tobacco Corp.
Posted by Editor at October 14, 2003 10:55 AM