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As Cowell wrote, The concept of a premium discount for what was a minority of the market was viewed by many in the business as a risky venture at best, and reactions ran the gamut from healthy skepticism to outright ridicule

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These new filtered cigarettes were advertised as "the greatest health protection in cigarette history." However, the asbestos fibers in the filter, if released into the lungs of the smoker, could be extremely harmful to the lungs and can cause mesothelioma and lung cancer

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Mass legal action instituted in the 1990s led to the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998 with US courts condemning major US cigarette companies to pay huge sums of money to the US government over a period of 25 years to compensate for some of the damage and expenses incurred in caring for the millions of people suffering ill health directly caused by smoking over the years