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Litigation

Aug. 20, 2002

Smoker Won't Let Ruling Stand in Way

LOS ANGELES - Betty Bullock became hooked on cigarettes as a teen-ager in 1956, when smoking was "cool," her attorney, Michael Piuze, said. Now, almost 50 years later, Bullock is battling lung cancer. And today, she begins another fight - this time against Philip Morris Cos., the manufacturer of her once-beloved Benson & Hedges cigarettes.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Betty Bullock became hooked on cigarettes as a teen-ager in 1956, when smoking was "cool," her attorney, Michael Piuze, said.
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