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• Closing arguments begin in Pou tobacco case 

Lawyers for the children of a dead Invercargill woman have begun their closing arguments in a landmark civil case against British American Tobacco. . . .

David Collins QC told the High Court in Auckland that the tobacco giant knew in 1968 when Ms Pou took up smoking, that it was addictive and could cause lung cancer but it had breached its responsibilities.

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