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• Court steers clear of judicial activism in smoking case ($$) 

most of Oregon's elective bodies, from the Legislature to city councils to local school boards, prohibit smoking in various places for the same reason -- smoking is bad for your health.

Despite this common knowledge, Beaverton resident Patricia Lowe brought a negligence class-action suit against several tobacco companies. She claimed to represent 500,000 Oregonians who still smoke cigarettes and another 75,000 who chew tobacco.

On behalf of the state's tobacco users, she demanded the companies pay for relief in the form of medical monitoring tests, smoking cessation programs and public education.

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