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States sue Reynolds over magazine cigarette ad 

- Six U.S. states sued the maker of Camel cigarettes on Tuesday, charging that a promotion in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine violates a 1998 agreement not to use cartoons in its marketing efforts.

The suits focus on ads for the Camel brand, produced by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which appeared in a nine-page fold-out section in the November 15 issue of the music and popular culture magazine.

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