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STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-02-1998
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ When the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. began using Freon to process tobacco for low-tar cigarettes, the idea was to try to make a safer product.

David Townsend, vice president of product development and assessment for R.J. Reynolds, testified Wednesday that the company used Freon for more than two decades. But he said he could not remember Reynolds ever studying the long-term effects of the combination of Freon and tobacco smoke on humans.

Plaintiffs in Minnesota's lawsuit against the tobacco industry say ...

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