Mealey's ( September 19, 2022, 12:06 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — During opening arguments on Sept. 12, the son of a dead smoker who had her first cigarette by age 9 told a Florida jury that two tobacco companies are liable for damages for designing their cigarettes to be as addictive as possible when they could have sold a safer alternative design, while the companies said that the smoker knew the risks and that their attempts at safer products fell flat with smokers. VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....