Brazil 's Attorney General sues Philips Morris and British American Tobacco

Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

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Brazil is following the U.S. and Canada in taking on Big Tobacco, becoming the first country in Latin America to sue cigarette makers over the financial toll of smoking. Brazil’s attorney general’s office, known as the AGU, last week sued the two largest cigarette manufacturers in the country, Phillip Morris International and British American Tobacco, to cover the costs of treating patients with 26 tobacco-related diseases over the past five years. Read full article

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Pl. wait till he gets a %! He'll then be singing a different song!
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