In 20 years, what smoker will legitimately be able to claim that he or she didn't know cigarettes were harmful or addictive? And how shocked will a jury really be when it hears that a tobacco executive in the 1960s knew about the addictive nature of cigarettes? There's no real evidence that telling kids not to smoke really works. Indeed, studies have shown that it can often have the opposite effect. Children, by their very nature, love to defy authority, and spending millions on advertising to vilify the cigarette could ultimately serve to enhance its appeal. The cigarette is and will...

No good deed goes unpunished. Do you believe that old exhortation? It became true for J.D. Mize. An impulsive chivalrous act, which Mize later regretted many times over, ultimately led to deadly consequences. Released from prison, Mize was determined to lead an honest and productive life. But sinister people have other plans for him--including the police who have decided that Mize has failed his parole restrictions and should be returned to prison. His options have narrowed down to a nearly hopeless few: spending the rest of his life behind bars, or even more likely getting himself killed....