On the other hand, in the case of great health dangers of modern times - mercury, lead, tobacco, asbestos - journalists were too slow to blow the whistle.
By deciding to wash its hands of the case, the Supreme Court has given the green light to one of the largest awards for damages involving an individual plaintiff against the tobacco industry.
高等法院决定不再过问这个案子，实际上对涉及个人对烟草业的最高损害索赔开了绿灯。
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The deaths of more than 400, 000 Americans each year, 160, 000 of them from lung cancer, make a strong case for the prohibition of tobacco, and particularly of cigarettes.