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Frontline: Episode 5
Tóm tắt
Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside look at the preparation of these massive lawsuits, concentrating on a suit that would later reach the Supreme Court as well as presenting the emphatic denials of the tobacco industry, which says smoking is a simple question of personal choice and responsibility.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Frontline
- Mùa
- Mùa 4
- Tập
- Tập 5
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1986-02-18
Thông tin tập
Episode 5 là tập 5 trong Season 4 của Frontline. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1986-02-18.
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