text: U.S. Suit Against Tobacco Makers Goes to Trial  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major cigarette makers go on trial  on Tuesday in the U.S. government's \$280 billion racketeering  case that charges the tobacco industry with deliberately  deceiving the public about the risks of smoking since the  1950s.
inputs: U.S. Suit Against Tobacco Makers Goes to Trial  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major cigarette makers go on trial  on Tuesday in the U.S. government's \$280 billion racketeering  case that charges the tobacco industry with deliberately  deceiving the public about the risks of smoking since the  1950s.