Murphy Brown Season 8 Episode 16 Up in Smoke ( Air Date 1996-02-12 ) Genre Comedy category. Overview "Stuart Best is now a tobacco lobbyist but he has a change of heart when he decides that smoking really stinks. He gives FYI the memos and etc. that will expose the tobacco industry. He becomes a little nervous and meets with the network lawyers where a little detail reveals they could all be sued. Murphy contemplates her future in journalism, but Jim makes the move.".