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Erkki Aurejärvi wants to make tobacco companies accountable for health problems related to smoking.
Jump to full article: YLE24 (fi), 2009-08-31
Intro: A lawsuit against two tobacco companies went to the Helsinki Court of Appeals on Monday. The plaintiffs are two women who have smoked for a long time, and who are seeking damages from the Amer Group and the Finnish subsidiary of British-American Tobacco.
While some American victims of smoking-related diseases have managed to Finns have successfully sued tobacco companies for their smoking-related illnesses, this has not happened in Finland.
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