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• Ore. Supreme Court hears case of health monitoring by big tobacco 

The Oregon Supreme Court heard arguments today in a class-action lawsuit that seeks to force tobacco companies to pay for medical tests to detect lung cancer, emphysema and other smoking-related diseases.

So far, the lower courts have rejected the arguments of Patricia Lowe of Beaverton, who quit smoking after 40 years and filed the original lawsuit in 2001.

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