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Tobacco Industry Surrenders 26 Million+ Pages of Documents

HeadlineApr 14, 1998

The tobacco industry today made available to the public thousands of documents it has had to surrender in the state of Minnesota’s $1.77 billion damage suit against cigarette makers. About 11,600 boxes stacked to the ceiling, containing more than 26 million pages, were housed in an unassuming building in an industrial area north of downtown Minneapolis.

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