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Outlook: Gore's cash, Up in smoke, Daytonplace, Cafe McCaffrey, White knuckles 

There's trouble in tobacco-land. In advance of Supreme Court arguments over the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to regulate tobacco, industry insiders are conceding to congressional backers that the government's case is strong and that the FDA does have jurisdiction over its product. Court watchers, however, are split on which way the justices will go. The case will be important in determining how Big Tobacco spends its political dollars in 2000, says an industry insider. A slim victory before the court would push the industry to fight the election of foes out of fear they'd appoint antitobacco judges who would side with the FDA in any subsequent case.

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