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  • Cigarette company Philip Morris to pay millions

    Cigarette company Philip Morris to pay millions

    Cigarette company Philip Morris has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in legal fees to the Federal Government. The decision follows the six-year long legal battle over the plain packaging laws implemented by the Gillard government in 2o11. Phillip Morris, the manufacturer of Marlboro and Longbeach cigarettes, argued that the laws should be invalidated…