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Tobacco Maker Says It Was 'Vilified' in Ads

It all depends on what the meaning of "vilify" is. In a Delaware court on Tuesday, the Lorillard Tobacco Company said that an antismoking group violated the terms of a 1998 settlement by running ads that "vilified" or personally attacked the tobacco industry or its employees. Only tobacco products themselves were fair game, according to Lorillard, which is seeking to have the group replaced in the campaign.

Read the whole story at The New York Times, May 11, 2005 »

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