My father nearly died from tobacco in 1995.

Ashcroft denies that he is trying to sabotage the suit, but his denials are implausible given earlier administration actions.... Don't forget that this is an industry that for decades deliberately suppressed medical evidence that its products sicken and kill people while publicly denying any such thing; that consciously, cynically sought to poison our children through its marketing campaigns; and that has fought every single effort in every single country to limit and control the harmful effects of tobacco.