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		<title><![CDATA[A U.S. District Court Ruling that was generally favorable to tobacco companies has heightened anticipation.(FLASH! FROZEN)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4358/is_200608/ai_n18972407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. District Court Ruling that was generally favorable to  tobacco companies has heightened anticipation that ...    A U.S. District Court Ruling that was generally favorable to  tobacco companies has heightened anticipation that Altria, New York,  owner of Philip Morris and Kraft Foods, Northfield,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5659/is_200510/ai_n23719864]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A&amp;G Information Services    10-05-2005    TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION    ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Oct 05, 2005 (A&amp;G News via COMTEX) -- The two biggest tobacco producers in Russia - British American Tobacco and Philip Morris   A&amp;G Information Services   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5659/is_200510/ai_n23719812]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A&amp;G Information Services    10-03-2005    TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION    ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Oct 03, 2005 (A&amp;G News via COMTEX) -- The two biggest tobacco producers in Russia - British American Tobacco and Philip Morris   A&amp;G Information Services   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Securitization of Tobacco Settlement Payments to Reduce States' Conflict of Interest]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securitization of the Master Settlement Agreement MSA payments from tobacco companies is hotly debated in states and policy circles. Securitization is issuing a bond backed by future payments in return for up-front money. Many public health advocates are strongly against securitization. However, securitization itself does not rob states of tobacco...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cigarette giants take safety first approach: tobacco companies BAT and Philip Morris are preparing to launch 'safer' cigarettes, but advertising restrictions and opposition are already causing manufacturers problems]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers could become less of an endangered species in the future ff tobacco companies press ahead with plans to bring to market a new generation of supposedly "safer" cigarettes.       Smokers could become less of an endangered species in the future ff tobacco companies press...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Tobacco Industry - What to Look for in 2004]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=107523]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The US tobacco companies experienced a turbulent year in 2003, dominated by an intense promotional environment, considerably lower profitability, volume declines and several momentous litigation rulings. However, by year-end the major tobacco companies had settled into a more predictable pattern at lower levels of profitability. The competitive landscape for domestic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RUSSIA: WESTVACOEASTPRINT TO OPEN PLANT IN RUSSIA.(joint venture with EastPrint Ltd.)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MeadWestvaco Corporation and EastPrint Ltd. announced on 14 June  that they will open a joint-venture plant in Moscow to produce  paper-based packaging materials for use by tobacco companies. The new  venture, WestvascoEastPrint, will begin production i  MeadWestvaco Corporation and EastPrint Ltd. announced on 14 June ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco firms face new liability to health plans.(Philip Morris Inc., Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK-Tobacco companies' exposure to liability for health  plans' costs of treating smoking-related ailments may increase in  the wake of a recent jury verdict.    A federal court jury in New York last week awarded Empire Blue  Cross & Blue Shiel  NEW YORK-Tobacco companies'...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Updates.(insurance-related news)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco companies hit by $145 billion punitive award    MIAMI -- Tobacco companies claim that a $145 billion punitive  damages award handed down Friday by jurors in Miami will have no  practical impact, because it will be decades before payments, if any  Tobacco companies hit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aussie tobacco class suit denied.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, Australia -- The Federal Court of Australia will not permit  six plaintiffs to file a class-action lawsuit against three tobacco  companies.    The federal court in Sydney ruled recently that the suit against  Melbourne-based Philip Morris (Aust  SYDNEY, Australia -- The Federal Court...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco Comment Helps Insurers.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199910/ai_n20028051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A tobacco giant's disclosure last week on its Internet Web  site that cigarette smoking causes cancer and that smoking is addictive  lends even more credence to insurers to fight liability if a claim is  ever filed, according to an insurance attorney.    A tobacco giant's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed's Tobacco Suit Might Prompt Ins. Claims.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199909/ai_n20054768]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government's lawsuit against the tobacco industry  once again raises the possibility that cigarette makers will have to  file insurance claims, attorneys and analysts say.    According to press reports, the suit charges that for years the  t  The federal government's lawsuit against...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vendors sue Philip Morris for unfair pricing.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb021/is_199903/ai_n13144581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Six cigarette vending machine operators from different parts of the  country have filed a 8100 million class action suit against Philip  Morris Companies Inc. for price discrimination. The operators claim the  cigarette manufacturer discriminates agains  Six cigarette vending machine operators from different parts of the ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate Tobacco Bill Alarms Many Insurers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199806/ai_n20028224]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Insurers may have more to fear from tobacco litigation because of the  latest amendment to legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate.  Under an amendment introduced by Sens. Judd Gregg, RN.H., and Patrick  Leahy, D-Vt., passed 6 1-39 by the full SenInsurers may have more to fear...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blues Plans Sue Tobacco Cos.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199805/ai_n20028296]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DAN LONKEVICH  A coalition of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in 35 states have  become the latest interest group to sue the tobacco industry, placing  even more pressure on tobacco companies and Congress to agree upon a  legislative settlement.  MeanwhiDAN LONKEVICH  A coalition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blues plans sue tobacco cos.(Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199805/ai_n20048992]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in 35 states have  become the latest interest group to sue the tobacco industry, placing  even more pressure on tobacco companies and Congress to agree upon a  legislative settlement.     Meanwhile, insur   A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress not hurrying to OK tobacco settlement.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199709/ai_n20141097]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Congressional approval of the so-called  "global" tobacco settlement between cigarette makers and 40  state attorneys general appears less and less likely to occur before  next year, if at all.  Doubt about the settlement was expresWASHINGTON - Congressional approval of the so-called  "global" tobacco...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate panel criticizes tobacco settlement terms.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199707/ai_n20140986]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - New questions about details of the proposed $368.5  billion tobacco settlement underscore how far the controversial proposal  is from being a done deal.  As state attorneys general defended the proposed settlement to  members of the Senate JuWASHINGTON - New questions about details of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco Companies in Talks to Settle Lawsuits by States.(Originated from The Boston Globe)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199704/ai_n22332200]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apr. 17--Executives from the nation's major tobacco  companies are trying to strike a deal in which they would pay a $300  billion settlement and bid farewell to the Marlboro Man and Joe Camel,  in exchange for protection against future lawsuits and      Apr....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blues backing state actions against tobacco companies. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199607/ai_n20159668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Blue Cross & Blue Shield plans are taking an active role  and joining states in their fight to make tobacco companies reimburse  the costs of smoking-related ailments.  While Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota is the only Blues  plan toSeveral Blue Cross & Blue...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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