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MO. Attorney General won't comment on tobacco case

April 17, 1997
By: Renee Basick
State Capital Bureau Missouri Attorney General, Jay Nixon, refused Thursdayy to discuss state position on a settlement that will strip smokers of right to sue cigarette companies- Renee Basick reports from the state capital.

Attorney General Jay Nixon won't say a word about bargaining that would result in industry immunity- smokers puff at your own risk.

Missouri is not one of the states filing the suit against two tobacco heavy-weights, even though the results will affect everyone.

When asked about it during a press-conference, Nixon declined to comment.

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FILL: Nixon ended the press conference shortly after.

He was pursued down the hallway and asked again- He refused to comment a second time.

The Attorney General's office offered no official opinion either.