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• Judge dismisses lawsuit against tobacco companies 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2006-08-29

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group trying to force tobacco companies, including three based in North Carolina, to pay at least $60 billion spent by Medicare on smoking-related illnesses.

United Seniors Association Inc., a Virginia-based lobbying group for senior citizens, sued the companies last year, claiming they intentionally hid cigarettes' addictive properties and should be held liable for Medicare's expenditures since August 1999 to treat illnesses attributable to smoking.

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