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Winners and losers from the year in business 

WINNERS:

BIG TOBACCO U.S. states embraced a $206-billion US settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry, but the real winners are likely to be the major cigarette manufacturers. They are now free from claims for reimbursement to the states for the cost of treating sick smokers. The losers? Who else: the cost of dying goes up for smokers.

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