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USA: LIGGETT GROUP MAY SETTLE LAWSUITS AGAINST TOBACCO SECTOR

(20 Mar 1997) English/Nat The U-S tobacco industry, Thursday, was one step away from suffering a devastating blow - from within its own ranks. Liggett group - one of the smallest tobacco companies - is poised to make a dramatic agreement and settle lawsuits from 22 states against the tobacco sector. According to the National Association of Attorneys General Liggett is expected to make the unprecedented admission that cigarettes are both addictive are cause cancer. The consequences of such an admission may result in a floodgate of litigation against other tobacco companies. SOUNDBITE: (English) Were this agreement to be finalised, would be the first time that the stonewall has been breached that evidence is actually being made available from the companies themselves of the allegations that we have made. SUPER CAPTION: Scott Harshberger, National Association of Attorneys General SOUNDBITE: (English) And every time that more and more evidence comes out I feel so badly that many people who over the years decided to smoke based upon the lies of the tobacco industry you kind of wonder if they had the truth then, they may have very well decided not they would have decided not to smoke. SUPER CAPTION: Robert Butterworth, Attorney General, Florida SOUNDBITE: (English) Well I started when I was sixteen years old smoking, had there been a label on it warning me of danger signs, cause my parents were old as I would consider it and we had been taught that if things were bad for you not to do it, I don't think I would have smoked. SUPER CAPTION: VOX POP SOUNDBITE: (English) Well I'm not telling anyone what they can eat and what they can't, and by the same token I don't want to hear too much about how bad smoking is for me I'm not telling anyone how bad things are that they do. SUPER CAPTION: VOX POP Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...