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Tobacco company tried to cover up smoking risks: Report 

Documents destroyed by Imperial Tobacco Canada contained scientific proof that cigarette smoke was potentially deadly, and could be used as evidence as provinces fight legal battles with big tobacco, according to a study published in Canada's top medical journal.

The Canadian Medical Association Journal, in the first published account of a Canadian tobacco company destroying documents, reviewed 60 scientific reports that Imperial Tobacco tried to conceal from the public.

The authors found evidence that could have had important implications, dating back as far as the 1960s, for government regulation of tobacco and the future health of Canadians.

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