Sat, Aug 19, 2006 - Page 1 News List

Big tobacco lose court case but avoid massive fines

SINISTER CONSPIRACY Judge Gladys Kessler found the companies had violated racketeering laws in a decades-long conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking

AFP , WASHINGTON

The American Heart Association said tobacco firms' "misdeeds have finally been exposed", but complained that Kessler's remedies amounted to no more than "a slap on the wrist."

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