The family of Janarius Robinson Jerseys Tony Gwynn filed a wrongful-death lawsuit againstthe tobacco industry Monday, claiming it intentionally targeted the Hall of Famer to get him addicted to smokele s tobacco.

In the suit, filed in Superior Court in San Diego, Gwynn's familyaccusesAltria Group, Inc., the tobacco giant formerly known as Philip Morris;Smokele s Tobacco Company LLC;local San Diego convenience stores and others of manipulating Gwynn's addiction to the product.

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The complaint, ,says the tobacco industry was determined to market its products to AfricanAmericans, andGwynn was a marketing dream Minnesota Vikings Pet Gear come true as he was making his rise to fame atSan Diego State University beginning in1977.

Gwynn, a 15-time All-Star who won eight batting titles with the Padres, died of cancer in 2014 at Dalvin Tomlinson Jerseys the age of 54. For more than halfhis life 31 years Gwynn used up to two cans of smokele s tobacco per daythat ultimately led to thesalivary gland cancer that killed him.

The tobacco companies were using his addiction to turn him into their ultimate walking billboard, said Tony Gwynn Jr., who is amongthree plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, via the Times.He never knew it, but they were using him to promote their dip to the next generation of kids and fans who idolized him.

The suitasks for a jury trial on grounds of negligence, fraud and product liability.

Now that the family understands how he was targeted, Harrison Smith T Shirts they understand that the industry knew they had this highly carcinogenic product and they were marketing it to people like Tony, said David S. Casey, lead lawyer for the Gwynn family. They want to hold them accountable and let a jury make a decision as to what Parry Nickerson Jerseys is proper in this case.

Gwynn had two operations for cancer in his right cheek between August 2010 and February 2012.

The second surgery was complicated, with surgeons removing a facial nerve because it was intertwined with a tumor inside his right cheek. They grafted a nerve from Gwynn's neck to help him eventually regain facial movement.

"Mr. Padre" spent 20 seasonswith the Padres from 1982 to 2001. In the proce s, he racked up 3,141 Randy Moss Jerseys hits, 319 stolen bases and a lifetime batting average of .338.