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Liggett says 

``The company is absolutely not considering bankruptcy as an option,'' a company spokesman told Reuters.

Liggett previously had said a bankruptcy filing might be considered if courts rejected its proposal to pay up to 7.5 percent of its annual pretax income, or a minimum of $1 million a year, for 25 years to settle lawsuits filed by ill smokers.

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