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• Senior citizens group to appeal dismissal of tobacco lawsuit  

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2006-09-08
Author: Associated Press

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A lobbying group for senior citizens plans to appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit that seeks to force tobacco companies to pay at least $70 billion spent by Medicare on smoking-related illnesses.

The lawsuit filed last year by United Seniors Association Inc. was dismissed last week by a federal judge. The group filed notice Thursday that it will appeal.

United Seniors, based in Purcellville, Va., sued big tobacco companies, alleging 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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