Marlboro Smokers Sue for Health Screenings
From Reuters
A group of heavy Marlboro smokers in New York filed a lawsuit in federal court asking Philip Morris USA to pay for screenings that may detect the early stages of lung cancer.
The class-action suit, which was filed on behalf of current and former Marlboro smokers more than 50 years old who smoked a pack or more a day for 20 years, demands that the tobacco company pay for an annual low-dose CT scan of the chest.
A spokesman for Altria Group Inc., the parent of Philip Morris, said his company had not yet seen the lawsuit, but said juries in two other cases in which smokers sought payment for medical monitoring ruled in favor of the tobacco company.
