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Woman claims compensation in Australian case 

NZers urged to join tobacco lawsuit Wellington: New Zealanders are being urged to join an Australian class action court case against tobacco companies.

The lawyer for a woman claiming compensation from the industry across the Tasman said the law allowed his client, Myriam Cauvin, and others adversely affected by misleading or deceptive conduct by Australian tobacco companies, to claim compensation.

That included New Zealanders who had spent time in Australia from the mid-1970s until now and had or were likely to contract a smoking-related disease, lawyer Neil Francey said.

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