History

FAMRI was established as a result of a Class Action suit brought by attorneys Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt in October 1991 in Dade County Circuit Court (Miami) against the tobacco industry. The suit sought damages for diseases and deaths caused to flight attendants by exposure to second hand tobacco smoke in airline cabins. Among other considerations, the settlement included the establishment of a not-for-profit medical research foundation with funding by the tobacco industry of $300 million.

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