Smoker lawsuit nets verdict against cigarette maker

Barbara Izzarelli started smoking cigarettes when she was 12 years old. After about 25 years, she developed cancer that necessitated the removal of her larynx, leaving her to breathe through a hole in her throat and with no sense of smell and able to eat only soft foods. The Connecticut woman, now 49, sued the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., claiming that its Salem cigarettes were made with the intent