When more and more claims were made against big tobacco in the 1990s that smoking causes cancer, it led to lawsuits like the one filed against Phillip Morris by the Department of Justice in 1999, and completely changed the way tobacco products were sold and marketed...The results of the lawsuits against tobacco companies show that citing public health problems is a strong motivator for bringing cases to court...[A] new study found that presenting public health risks could help shape the way people view climate change.  Researchers from George Washington University and the Milken Institute School of Public Health examined judicial decisions relating to climate change in order to see how health concerns factored in climate lawsuits...The researchers found that even though health concerns are cited a minority of the time in climate litigation, claims about health risks have considerable potential for persuading court rulings and protecting communities from the risks of pollutants...After analyzing the different cases, the researchers found strong associations between health claims and their potential in climate litigation...According to the researchers, health claims may help bring a case to court and certain cases may be better supported by evidence about health issues like energy efficiency and renewables.  The researchers suggest that for future climate lawsuits, the plaintiff should detail a list of the all the health benefits that would ensue if known aggravators to climate change...