Monday, Oct. 14, 2002
Numbers
By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Carole Buia, Sora Song And Rebecca Winters
$28 billion Record-setting amount in punitive damages awarded to a lung-cancer-ridden smoker who sued Philip Morris for using false advertising to entice her to become a lifelong smoker
$3 billion Next highest amount ever awarded in punitive damages to a plaintiff in a smoking case
$455,700 Average price of a 30-sec. commercial during Friends, the highest on TV
11 Number of men Phoebe has dated or married since Friends began, the highest on the show