Separately, the tobacco companies are defending themselves in a New Orleans courtroom next week in a class-action lawsuit that seeks to force the companies to pay for Louisiana smokers' medical checkups. The suit seeks to force tobacco companies to finance a 25-year program of medical monitoring tests and pay to help Louisiana smokers quit.
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Suits say tobacco firms misled users
PRODUCT LIABILITY Legal action is now being taken against RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Brown & Williamson and Philip Morris for misleading smokers about `light' cigarettes
BLOOMBERG , EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS
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