Decades of Deception Alleged as $280 Billion Tobacco Trial Opens

The nation's biggest tobacco companies worked together for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking, a federal lawyer alleged Tuesday at the start of a civil racketeering trial in which the government seeks a record $280 billion from the industry. Industry lawyers have acknowledged tobacco executives may have expressed doubts about public health concerns in the past, but say that doesn't amount to fraud. "Fraud is a very high bar," said one Philip Morris USA attorney.

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