After two arguments before the Supreme Court, Cipollone's family, unable to afford the cost of continued litigation, dropped the suit.

CNN: A brief history of tobacco

Their most serious challenge before the 1990s came in 1983, when Rose Cipollone, a smoker dying from lung cancer, filed suit against Liggett Group, charging the company failed to warn her about the dangers of its products.

CNN: A brief history of tobacco