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Tobacco Lawsuit

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports from Jacksonville, Florida, the site of the latest tobacco trial. The suit, brought by the family of Jean Conner, a woman who died of lung cancer, seeks monetary damages from the R.J. Reynolds Company. It's the first lawsuit to be tried since the Liggett tobacco company admitted that cigarettes are addictive and cause cancer.

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