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Tobacco Settlement to Boost U.S. December CPI (Repeat) 

(Adds analyst's quote in 6th paragraph. Fixes references to percentage point, instead of points.)
Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 1998-11-25

Intro:

The tobacco industry's $206 billion health-care settlement -- to be financed through higher cigarette prices -- probably will push up consumer inflation about 0.2 percentage point in December, a government economist said.

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