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(Credit: iStockphoto/2StockMedia) In a matter of days, the American tobacco industry will begin publicly admitting some ugly truths about its dark history and the health effects of smoking. The tobacco giants will launch a court-ordered national advertising campaign to end a massive fraud and racketeering case that the federal government brought against the industry nearly two decades ago.

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