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Cigarettes and cigarette  smoking cause lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema.  Liggett admits and  acknowledges that nicotine is addictive.  Liggett admits and acknowledges that the  tobacco industry markets actively towards young people in particular Liggett admits and  acknowledges that in the internal documents of the tobacco companies when they use  the word youth, youth means children ages 14 through 18.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003eThe company has also agreed to pay 25 (m) million dollars and 25 percent of pre-tax  profits for the next 25 years.   \u003cbr/\u003eWashington State Attorney General Christine Gregoire attacked the tobacco company's  direct marketing of cigarettes to youngsters.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"They have killed our children for far too many years.  Today we have put Joe Camel in  its coffin, were its belongs on behalf of the children and those Americans who care  about children its a new day for their health in this country.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Christine Gregoire, Washington State Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003eLiggett Group Inc. also agreed to turn over to the states thousands of documents  detailing industry-wide discussions on nicotine and other subjects.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, in a pre-emptive strike, Philip Morris won a temporary restraining order to  prevent attorneys in the settlement from reading the documents immediately.\u003cbr/\u003eMississippi Attorney General Mike Moore said the restraining order will not stop other  tobacco companies from being taken to court.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"You want to hear some bickering and wailing and gnashing of teeth ... you come to  Mississippi or Florida or Texas where this hearing is the first time and you listen to who  is screaming the loudest and I promise you it wont be attorneys general it will be Philip  Morris and RJ Reynolds ... \"please don't let those documents out, please you're going  to kill us\".  I guarantee you that's what they say. \"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Mike Moore, Mississippi Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003eIn a statement from Philip Morris released Thursday, the company said it would  continue to defend vigorously against the 'meritless' lawsuits filed by the states seeking  to recover health care expenses.\u003cbr/\u003ePhilip Morris added that Liggett had no right to hand over documents without the  consent of all involved parties.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a country famed for its highly litigious culture the real fear is the deal will unearth a  floodgate of litigation.\u003cbr/\u003eAlready major tobacco stocks were off in morning trading on the New York Stock  Exchange.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't think it is any great shock that cigarette smoking is addictive, which I think the  Liggett people have decided they will be willing to put on the packs.  I think the concern  more is that is there evidence which might come to the fore, through Liggett that could  hurt some of the other tobacco stocks.  So they will be under pressure now, and for the  foreseeable future, I think you'll have to live with the treat of litigation if you are a  tobacco stock investor.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Bill Meehan, Stock Analyst\u003cbr/\u003eOther tobacco companies, however, are sure to fight the release of documents and the  courtroom battles may take years. \u003cbr/\u003eAbout 46 (m) million Americans smoke and the government says smoking kills 400- thousand a year.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC \u0026amp; New York, NY, March 20, 1997 \u0026amp; FILE\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various close-up of woman smoking (file)\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC, USA: \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide view of press conference\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003e4. FILE: Exterior view of Liggett plant\u003cbr/\u003e5. FILE: Liggett cigarettes\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide view of press conference\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway view of cameras\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Gregoire, Washington State Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003e9. Cutaway view of audience\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Moore, Mississippi Attorney General\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, NY, USA: \u003cbr/\u003e11. Exterior view of Philip Morris headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close-up view of Philip Morris sign\u003cbr/\u003e13. Inside the Stock Market office\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cutaway of trader\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Meehan, Stock Analyst\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid view two men smoking, one lighting up (file)\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid view woman smoking (file)\u003cbr/\u003e18. 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