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Tobacco Deal 

Jump to full article: Reuters, 1998-12-23

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Tennessee is suing the tobacco industry for nearly five-BILLION-dollars. The suit claims that six major tobacco companies are working together to suppress research on the health risks of tobacco. . . The five-BILLION dollars the state is seeking will come from a larger national settlement. This lawsuit is in addition to the more than four-BILLION dollars the state will already receive from an earlier settlement.

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