Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths?

I think that tobacco companies are responsible but at the ssame time they're not.The reason I feel as if they are responsible because we all as "Americans" suppose to stick together for each other well-being. Tobacco companies know the effect on their products so  knowing that they should have some consideration. As we all know in America "MONEY TALKS,BULLS*** WALKS". Being an adult in America we have been getting educated about the prognosis of tobacco for years so with that being said we make OUR OWN DECISIONS AT OUR OWN RISK