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Article

15 Sep 2010

Author:
Brent Kendall, Dow Jones Newswires

US Judge Holds Hearing On How To Implement Tobacco Restrictions

The Justice Department and the tobacco industry returned to court Wednesday to begin sorting out how to implement restrictions imposed on cigarette makers in 2006 after a U.S. judge found the companies violated federal racketeering laws...Now, the trial judge...is considering how carry out the remedies she ordered...[which included] a variety of marketing, sales and advertising restrictions on the tobacco industry...[and the issuing of] corrective statements about the dangers of their products...[T]he parties [have] two months to discuss the issues before filing a report with her court on Nov. 24. The judge scheduled another hearing for Dec. 20...[Refers to Philip Morris (part of Altria Group), RJ Reynolds Tobacco (part of Reynolds America), British American Tobacco (Investments) (part of British American Tobacco), Lorillard Tobacco (part of Carolina Group)]

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