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Excerpts from: Suit Accuses Philip Morris of Deception

By Susan Skiles Luke / Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com [10/26/03]
 
Now 52, Price is among the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit accusing Philip Morris Cos., maker of Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights cigarettes, of wrongly leading customers to believe the "light" brands are less harmful than regular cigarettes.
Unlike many other high-profile cigarette-related lawsuits, the members of the class aren't claiming that smoking made them sick; their argument is that they were tricked by the company.

Last week, the case became the first consumer fraud class-action lawsuit involving light cigarettes to go to trial, both sides in the case said.