“The purpose of anchoring liability to the point in time when the defective product is sold or distributed is to give manufacturers an incentive to create safer products. … Were we to adopt the defendants’ view that liability should attach only up until the point in time a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes, that incentive would be severely diminished, or even eliminated,” the Massachusetts Court of Appeals ruled.

       

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