A US federal judge has ordered tobacco companies to admit having deliberately deceived people about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes in self-paid advertisements.
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Tobacco companies fought a public admission of deception, calling it a violation of their free speech rights.
District Judge Gladys Kessler rejected the companies' position, finding that the final wording, which the companies and the U.S. Justice Department have fought over for years, is factual and not controversial, the report said.
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"The government regularly requires wrongdoers to make similar disclosures in a number of different contexts," Kessler wrote, calling the language 'basic, uncomplicated', it added.
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