Maryland has filed a lawsuit against the
maker of Kool cigarettes, charging that the company is illegally
targeting young people with a marketing campaign built around hip-hop
music. The suit announced Thursday by Attorney General J. Joseph Curran
asked that Brown & Williamson be fined at least $5.3 million and
prohibited from continuing with its Kool Mixx 2004 promotional campaign
in Maryland. [more]
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