AGUIRRE: Violet A., 75, of Kent, Sept. 23. ALBERTA: Barbara R., 84, of Seattle, Sept. 28. AVETYAN: Nahapet K., 86, of Seattle, Sept. 27. BANKER: Robert E., 84, of Seattle, Sept. 27.
Throughout the 1960s, the tobacco industry famously spent millions promoting a small group of vociferous "sceptics" who, in the face of overwhelming evidence, continued to deny the link between smoking and cancer. The strategy paid off.