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Jury hits cig giant for $8M 

Gladys Frankson, 62, also was awarded $12 million from two now-defunct tobacco industry groups. Her lawyers are researching whether Brown & Williamson also could be held liable for that judgment. . . .

Juror Lenore Toscano, 61, said the tobacco companies concealed evidence that smoking causes cancer.

A Brown & Williamson spokesman called the verdict outrageous and expressed confidence it would be reversed on appeal.

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