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Article: CIGARETTE MAKERS ASK SUPREME COURT TO VOID SMOKERS' ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 9, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... it passed laws requiring cigarette makers to place warning labels on ... packaging and advertising. The cigarette makers argue that the Federal Cigarette ... bars states from requiring cigarette makers to place on their packaging ...

Article: Newsweek: Exclusive: Federal Grand Jury in North Carolina ...
PR Newswire;  July 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... allegations regarding links between major cigarette makers and global smuggling operations that ... Colombia and Equador, which seek to hold cigarette makers responsible for the costs of smuggling ... MSNBC.com . Click "Pressroom.") Cigarette makers are coming under fire as governments ...

Article: Cigarette Makers to Appeal Smuggling Suit
AP Online;  August 18, 2003 ;     504 words ... ... Parsigian, who argued the case for the cigarette makers, said Monday. That's a matter ... relations. The countries claimed that cigarette makers created black markets for their products ... absence of criminal prosecution, (cigarette makers) would be utterly unaccountable for ...

Article: Cigarette Makers to Pay Texas $2.275 Billion More ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... familiar with the litigation. The cigarette makers agreed at a meeting Wednesday in New ... principle Wednesday that requires the cigarette makers to pay Texas $17.6 billion over ... eliminated their right to sue the cigarette makers for reimbursement of health-care ...

Article: Three Major Cigarette Makers Withheld $51 Million ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 3, 2003 ;     694 words ... ... Business News Oct. 3--Three major cigarette makers have withheld more than $51 million ... settlement agreement between 46 states and cigarette makers to compensate growers through 2010 ... payments to the Phase II fund. The cigarette makers are opposing the $13 billion to ...

Article: Cigarette makers OK $206 billion settlement
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  November 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON -- Cigarette makers have agreed to a $206 billion ... millions of dollars each. Plus, cigarette makers would establish a $2 billion ... billion in upfront money from cigarette makers over the next five years. The ...

Article: CIGARETTE MAKERS CRY FOUL AS CLINTON SNUFFS DEAL ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 18, 1997 ;     551 words ... ... Times WASHINGTON -- The nation's cigarette makers reacted bitterly to President Clinton ... Wednesday, demanding tough penalties on cigarette makers if smoking by teen-agers did not ... and a new plan, far harsher on the cigarette makers, is emerging in its place.