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Two new legal actions against Australian tobacco companies  

Two new court actions have been commenced against the Australian tobacco companies in the NSW Supreme Court over the past week by Myriam Cauvin represented by Maurice May & Co. Solicitors.

Myriam Cauvin, from western Sydney, began experimenting with tobacco products at ten years of age, was regularly smoking by 13-15 years of age, developed breathlessness by 26, was diagnosed with emphysema in her early thirties and was given a life-saving lung transplant on 11 September 2001. She is on a disability pension and medication for life, treatment costs of which around $800 a week are paid by the Commonwealth Government PBS.

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