Ritchies legal team contends the disorder left him with brain damage that impairs impulse control, judgment, and decision-making factors they believe should have mitigated his culpability and now warrant a commuted sentence, or at least a new opportunity to present evidence in court
His study searched the database from 1959 to 2011, flagging documents that contained relevant keywords, like "stress," "heart disease," "personality," "TABP," and "type A behavior." Pettigrew told Tech Insider that he found evidence showing tobacco companies supported "science that was useful for litigation" for decades
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In 2015, more than 7.1 million people died due to all tobacco smoke-related cases, up from 6.8 million people in 2005