French Anti-smoking Association Accuses Four Tobacco Makers of Price Collusion

A French anti-smoking association, the National Committee Against Tobacco, has filed a case in France accusing makers of Marlboro, Camel, Lucky Strike and Gauloise cigarettes of colluding to limit prices so that smokers would not cut their consumption. Yves Martinet, president of the National Committee Against Tobacco, said, "The companies cited in the complaint agreed to limit themselves to small increases that in reality are adjustments for inflation, (and) which ...

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