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Cigs have no bias; they harm equally / Judge dismisses discrimination suit 

Stephen A. Sheller, a Philadelphia lawyer who filed the suit, was unsure yesterday if the ruling will be appealed but criticized the judge's legal rationale. "It sends a message that money is more important than life or death," Sheller asserted. . . Philadelphia lawyer Jeffrey G. Weil, who argued the case for the tobacco companies, said the companies sell "a lawful product. . .on the same terms to blacks and whites alike."

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