Matthew Myers : High Court upholds racketeering ruling on Big Tobacco , which lied to public . Myers says it 's time to fund education and stop-smoking campaigns . Tobacco industry spends $ 35 million daily to market its deadly products , Myers writes . Tobacco use is the nation 's leading cause of preventable death , claiming more than 400,000 lives and costing $ 96 billion in health-care expenditures each year . Comment: , he says , so it 's urgent to impose remedies .
Matthew Myers : High Court upholds racketeering ruling on Big Tobacco , which lied to public . Myers says it 's time to fund education and stop-smoking campaigns . Tobacco industry spends $ 35 million daily to market its deadly products , Myers writes . Comment: , he says , so it 's urgent to impose remedies .