DATE: Friday, April 18, 1997                TAG: 9704180577

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SETTLEMENT OR SMOKE SCREEN? TOBACCO FOES SAY A DEAL WOULD LET FIRMS ESCAPE SUITS THAT COULD TURN OUT TO BE EVEN COSTLIER

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If the $300 billion settlement is consummated, it would mean the end

of cigarette icons like Joe Camel.

Lynn Hutchens, an RJR Nabisco employee, smokes during a break at the

company's annual shareholders' meeting Wednesday in Winston-Salem,

N.C. KEYWORDS: TOBACCO INDUSTRY CHRONOLOGY

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