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Government in new dispute with tobacco companies
Government in new dispute with tobacco companies
Associated Press/AP Online
By PETE YOST
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is in a new dispute with the tobacco industry over the government's landmark lawsuit against the companies.
The government has prepared corrective statements it wants the companies to be forced to make about the health hazards from smoking.
But the tobacco companies don't want the proposed corrective statements filed on the public record until they have an opportunity to review them.
In a court filing, the department asked the federal judge in the case, Gladys Kessler, to say whether she intends to prohibit the government from filing its proposed corrective statements publicly.
On Thursday night, Altria Group, the parent company of Philip Morris USA, a defendant in the lawsuit, said it is working with the Justice Department on the issue.
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