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Sick Smokers To Split $600 Million 

Thousands of sick Florida smokers will be lining up to get their share of a $600 million fund created by major tobacco companies as part of a decade old lawsuit.

In 1994, Miami Beach pediatrician Howard Engle and group of other smokers sued and won a case the cigarette makers for hiding the dangers of smoking and knowingly selling them a dangerous product. Those involved in the suit were awarded $145 billion in damages, but that award was thrown out in 2006 by the Florida Supreme Court. During the years of the trial, the major tobacco companies established a fund that would be paid out even if their appeal of the damage award failed.

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