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Wigand testifying here today 

Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, renowned tobacco whistleblower and subject of the movie "The Insider," will testify in Independence today at a wrongful death trial against Brown and Williamson, the country's third largest cigarette manufacturer and marketer.

Attorney Ken McClain, representing the family of Barbara Smith, called Wigand as a fact witness. . . .

The case involves the death of Barbara Smith, a Lee's Summit woman who smoked Kool cigarettes for more than 50 years. She died in 2000 of a heart attack. She also suffered from lung cancer and emphysema. She quit smoking in 1990 when she was diagnosed with emphysema.

"We're proving that Brown and Williamson, the tobacco company, knew that their customers were at risk, but did not inform them," McClain said.

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