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• Seville woman files suit against Philip Morris 

The Philip Morris Companies asked a Medina County Common Pleas Judge yesterday to dismiss a suit against them by a Seville woman who says the company lied about the tar and nicotine levels in their cigarettes.

The class action suit filed by Catherine S. Marrone alleges that the tobacco companies made false misrepresentations about Virginia Slims Lights in its advertisements. She claims the defendants misled smokers as to the health risks of smoking light cigarettes. She claims she was not told that the cigarette makers rigged tests to measure tar and nicotine to obtain favorable readings. . .

She is seeking a refund of the money that Ohio consumers spent on the cigarettes and damages under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.

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