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Common Theme Ties Cases of Madoff, Siemens and 'Light' Cigarette Ads 

An individual, a company and an industry were all in the news this week for reasons unrelated except for the idea of dishonesty. . . .

And finally, this week also brought a ruling that anti-tobacco activists in the United States called historic. The Supreme Court cleared the way for lawsuits against tobacco companies accused of dishonest advertising for so-called light cigarettes.

The case grew out of a lawsuit brought by three people in the state of Maine. They accused cigarette makers of hiding information that "light" or "low tar" cigarettes are just as dangerous as other cigarettes.

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